Tribunal Watch
The latest on employment tribunals from the XpertHR legal team. We provide a weekly round-up of the latest tribunal cases to hit the headlines, with links to in-depth analyses on XpertHR and key articles from national and regional press coverage. Tribunal Watch began life in 2010 as an XpertHR blog – view older posts here.
Sexual harassment: tribunal awards £830k to NHS HR director
An employment tribunal has awarded more than £830,000 to an NHS HR director who was constructively dismissed and harassed after...
Religious festivals: no requirement to give employee five weeks off
An employment tribunal found that London Underground was entitled to turn down an employee’s request for five consecutive weeks’ annual...
Dismissal of worker who described bosses as “fascist”
An employment tribunal held that an employee on a final warning was fairly dismissed after becoming aggressive during a meeting...
Bribery Act 2010: worker fairly dismissed for taking bribe despite reporting it
An employment tribunal held that an immigration officer was fairly dismissed for accepting a bribe from an offender, despite then...
Expensive employment tribunal awards: six-figure sums in 2015
While employment tribunal fees have drastically reduced the number of cases and typical awards for claimants are generally four-figure sums,...
Museum worker fairly dismissed for persistent lateness at work
A museum was found to have fairly dismissed a worker during a crackdown on persistent lateness at work, after he...
The 10 most important employment law cases in 2015
What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2015? We count down the 10 most important judgments for employers this year.
Redundancy consultation: awards for former Northern Ireland City Link staff
Former City Link employees in Northern Ireland have been awarded protective awards of 90 days’ pay over the company’s failure...
No payout for London Zoo keeper unfairly dismissed over Christmas party fight
A London Zoo meerkat handler who got into a Christmas party fight with...
Bank worker who licked – then punched – colleague at party was fairly dismissed
The EAT has held that a bank worker who licked the face of a colleague...
£30,000 for DWP employee dismissed for disability absences
An employment tribunal awarded more than £30,000 to a public-sector worker who was dismissed after disability absences meant she exceeded...
Disability discrimination: NHS worker with cancer awarded £115,000
An employment tribunal has awarded £115,000 for disability discrimination to an NHS worker with cancer who was required to undergo...
Discrimination arising from disability: withdrawal of job offer over epilepsy
An employer did not commit discrimination arising from disability against a job applicant whose job offer to work at a...
Some-other-substantial-reason dismissal when client refused to have employee on site was fair
An employer fairly dismissed an employee for “some other substantial reason” when the client refused to have her back on...
Right to be accompanied: bus company vetoed drivers’ union rep
It was a breach of the right to be accompanied for an employer to refuse to allow a trade union...
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