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”.
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...
In DLA Piper’s case of the week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered a case in which the employer was...
An employment tribunal has ordered Perth & Kinross Council to pay more than £22,000 to a long-serving employee winding down...
The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in Northern Ireland could have to pay 15 female prosecutors up to £1 million after...
Every spring, along with warmer weather and lighter evenings, comes the latest instalment of legislative change for employers and 2014...
A large airport car parking company has admitted age discrimination in an employment tribunal over its decision to ask its...
A weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunals reported the previous week. In the week beginning 24 February...
In DLA Piper’s case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) allowed the appeal of a Church of England minister whose...
Annual increases to some statutory rates such as redundancy pay and the basic award of compensation for unfair dismissal will...
In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered the effective date of termination in a case in...
A Labour party activist has succeeded in having his political views recognised as a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010.
Employment tribunal decisions against employers occasionally see claimants awarded quite significant sums of money, costs that in many cases could...
Daniel Isaac, a partner in the employment team at Withers, answers the key questions on which a claim for unfair...
