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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.


    • Collective redundancy
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Insolvency

    Tribunal watch: Comet’s redundancy consultation failures result in multiple 90-day protective awards

    by Stephen Simpson 16 Jun 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 16 Jun 2014

    An employment tribunal has awarded former Comet employees 90 days’ pay for the insolvent company’s failure to consult collectively on...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Health and safety
    • Unfair dismissal

    Tribunal watch: Fairness of dismissals of employees who put themselves in danger

    by Stephen Simpson 2 Jun 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 2 Jun 2014

    Can an employer dismiss an employee who puts her- or himself, but no one else, in danger? That was the...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Employment tribunals
    • Computer misuse

    Tribunal watch: Dismissals for email and internet misuse

    by Stephen Simpson 27 May 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 27 May 2014

    This week, we look at some recent employment tribunal decisions in which the issue was whether or not employees accused...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sexual harassment
    • Constructive dismissal

    Tribunal watch: Docker wins £45,000 for sexual orientation harassment

    by Stephen Simpson 19 May 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 19 May 2014

    A Belfast dock worker who was dismissed after reacting to homophobic abuse has been awarded more than £45,000. Stephen Simpson...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment

    Tribunal watch: TV star allowed anonymity in sexual harassment claim

    by Stephen Simpson 12 May 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 12 May 2014

    An employment judge granted a restricted reporting order to a “household name” in a sex discrimination claim brought by the...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Police
    • Disability discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Large discrimination awards against police and Ministry of Defence

    by Stephen Simpson 6 May 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 6 May 2014

    Employment tribunals have ordered South Wales Police to pay £230,515 compensation for disability discrimination and the Ministry of Defence £557,038...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination
    • Discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Male university workers win £500,000 equal pay claim

    by Stephen Simpson 28 Apr 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 28 Apr 2014

    Male maintenance staff at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David have won an equal pay claim after successfully arguing...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Employment tribunals
    • Sexual orientation

    Tribunal watch: Gay man greeted with “hello darling” and limp wrist gesture

    by Stephen Simpson 14 Apr 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 14 Apr 2014

    An employment tribunal ordered an employer to pay £2,000 after finding that a manager’s comments about the claimant’s sexuality, including...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Age discrimination
    • Local authorities

    Tribunal watch: £22,000 award against council following flexible retirement confusion

    by Stephen Simpson 7 Apr 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 7 Apr 2014

    An employment tribunal has ordered Perth & Kinross Council to pay more than £22,000 to a long-serving employee winding down...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Disability discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Female prosecutors could get £1m following equal pay win

    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2014

    The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in Northern Ireland could have to pay 15 female prosecutors up to £1 million after...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment tribunals

    Tribunal watch: Black pub worker told St Patrick’s Day hat made him “look like a pimp”

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Mar 2014

    A black pub worker has claimed that he was racially harassed after a manager told him that he “looked like...

    • Age discrimination
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Health insurance

    Tribunal watch: Parking firm admits age discrimination over insurance policy

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Mar 2014

    A large airport car parking company has admitted age discrimination in an employment tribunal over its decision to ask its...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Local authorities

    Tribunal watch: South Lanarkshire Council settles long-running equal pay claim

    by Stephen Simpson 3 Mar 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 3 Mar 2014

    A weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunals reported the previous week. In the week beginning 24 February...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Tribunal watch: Welfare officer argues that phobia of dead bodies is a disability

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Feb 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Feb 2014

    A weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported the previous week...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Employment tribunals
    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Tribunal watch: Holiday pay should not include overtime

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Feb 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Feb 2014

    Stephen Simpson begins a weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported the previous week. In the...

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