Employees have a right not to be unfairly dismissed from employment. Before dismissing an employee, employers need to make sure that they have a potentially fair reason.
The five potentially fair reasons for dismissal are: capability or qualifications; conduct; redundancy; where continued employment would contravene the law; and “some other substantial reason”.
In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Court of Appeal held that an employer does not have the right to...
An employment tribunal has awarded a Big Fat Gypsy Wedding dress designer more than £8,000 in compensation from her former...
An employment tribunal has awarded a temporary agency worker over £10,000 after she was not paid the same after 12...
If an employer pays enhanced maternity pay, must it also enhance pay to employees on shared parental leave? This seems...
An employment tribunal ruling has revealed a Darlington call centre’s culture of practical jokes, which culminated in a worker being...
An employment tribunal has ruled that a former Big Brother professor was unfairly dismissed for a first offence after he...
An employment tribunal has found that former BBC employee John Linwood, who claimed that ...
Reports suggest that Sharon Shoesmith, former director of children’s services for the London Borough of Haringey, has been awarded more...
Can a public sector worker's passionate view that his employer should not waste public money count as a "philosophical belief" under discrimination legislation?
Stephen Simpson rounds up last week's tribunal cases to make the headlines...
This week, we report on an award of more than £700,000 to 20 older drivers who were dismissed after their...
Can an employer dismiss an employee who puts her- or himself, but no one else, in danger? That was the...
A Belfast dock worker who was dismissed after reacting to homophobic abuse has been awarded more than £45,000. Stephen Simpson...
In DLA Piper’s case of the week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the case of an employee who was...
Male maintenance staff at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David have won an equal pay claim after successfully arguing...
