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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.


    • Age discrimination
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    • Police

    Tribunal watch: Met Police reaches settlement with former PC Carol Howard

    by Stephen Simpson 23 Feb 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 23 Feb 2015

    Carol Howard, the policewoman who successfully claimed race and sex discrimination against the Metropolitan Police, has reached a final settlement...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination
    • Race discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Unfair dismissal over social media “selfie” wearing Osama Bin Laden mask

    by Stephen Simpson 16 Feb 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 16 Feb 2015

    A worker who placed on social media a “selfie” of himself wearing an Osama Bin Laden mask at work was...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Case law
    • Employment law

    Tribunal watch: Church deacon’s unsuccessful unfair dismissal claim against pastor wife

    by Stephen Simpson 9 Feb 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 9 Feb 2015

    A church pastor has successfully defended an employment tribunal claim for unfair dismissal against her deacon husband. Stephen Simpson rounds...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sex discrimination
    • Relationships at work

    Tribunal watch: Football club worker dismissed over rumours of workplace relationship with player

    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jan 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jan 2015

    A former worker at League One football club Port Vale has won her claim for sex discrimination after she was...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Equal pay
    • Employment tribunals

    Tribunal watch: Interest payable in equal pay claim

    by Stephen Simpson 19 Jan 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 19 Jan 2015

    A Scottish employment tribunal has held that 300 North Lanarkshire Council employees who are claiming equal pay will be able...

    • Age discrimination
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination

    Ten expensive employment tribunal awards in 2014

    by Stephen Simpson 19 Jan 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 19 Jan 2015

    Since the introduction of fees, the employment tribunal has, thankfully, become a less common destination for the HR professional. However,...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Whistleblowing

    Tribunal watch: Whistleblowing cardiologist at Croydon Hospital unfairly dismissed

    by Stephen Simpson 8 Dec 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 8 Dec 2014

    An employment tribunal has held that a leading cardiologist who blew the whistle on safety following a patient’s death at...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Unfair dismissal

    Tribunal watch: Aberdeen social workers’ unfair dismissal awards of £40,000 and £18,000

    by Stephen Simpson 1 Dec 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 1 Dec 2014

    Two former Aberdeen City Council social workers have been awarded around £40,000 and £18,000 respectively for unfair dismissal. Stephen Simpson...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Information & consultation

    Tribunal watch: £50,000 awards for insolvent firm’s redundancy consultation failures

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Nov 2014

    A Northern Ireland tribunal has found that staff who were made redundant at Canadian firm Nortel are entitled to payments...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Stress
    • Police

    Tribunal watch: Disability harassment against West Yorkshire Police for “doolally” remark

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Nov 2014

    An employment tribunal has found that a sergeant’s comments to a police officer returning to work after a stress-related absence...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Rest periods
    • Trade unions

    Tribunal watch: Trade union meetings do not count as ‘working time’

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Nov 2014

    Is an employer breaking the law if a worker’s attendance at a trade union meeting means that the worker does...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Zero hours
    • Sex discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Sports Direct settles zero hours contract claim

    by Stephen Simpson 3 Nov 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 3 Nov 2014

    Sports Direct’s policy of using zero hours contracts widely among its workforce was due to be challenged in an employment...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Agency workers

    Tribunal watch: Long-serving agency worker replaced by potentially redundant employee

    by Stephen Simpson 27 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 27 Oct 2014

    Agency workers have the right to be informed of relevant vacancies in the organisation to which they are assigned. But...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • TUPE

    Tribunal watch: employee liability information omission on TUPE transfer leads to £65,500 award

    by Stephen Simpson 20 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 20 Oct 2014

    On a TUPE transfer, what employee liability information on potential employment tribunal claims from transferring staff does the transferor have...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sexual orientation discrimination
    • TUPE

    Tribunal watch: TUPE transfer leads to pay cut for care workers

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2014

    The TUPE transfer of care staff from the NHS to Prospect Housing and Support Services resulted in unlawful variations to...

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