Maternity leave and pay: Alabaster commenced maternity leave in January 1996 and received higher rate statutory maternity pay (SMP) for...
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Reading the small print: Sweeney, a sales executive, was employed on terms and conditions which stated that any sales commission...
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Maternity leave is no holiday: This European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision deals with the interaction between a woman’s right to...
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Workers’ economic well-being: Following a nervous breakdown, Crossley went on sick leave and never returned to work. He was entitled...
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Worker, employee or neither?: Firthglow – a business engaged in applying textured coating to building exteriors – advertised for ‘workers’...
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No more opportunities for loss of opportunity: Harper was summarily dismissed on 2 March 2001, 33 days short of the...
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No duty of care when giving reasons for dismissal: Aspin – a sales director – was made redundant, and told...
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Irrelevance can be a key factor: Mears, a legal secretary, worked for Lloyd Green & Co solicitors. She brought tribunal...
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Say what you mean: What a company policy states at face value is not easy to interpret differently – even...
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Words are not enough: Mofunanya was one of two night staff at a residential care home. His female colleague’s work involved...
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Recurring conditions: Swift claimed two colleagues had bullied her. On her return to work following a period of sick leave,...
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Maximum protection: The union was informed in March 2000 by the employer, a clothing manufacturer, that the factory may have...
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Who counts as an employee?: Grayson worked for the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, but despite...
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Injury to feelings needs care: Boyle was a physics and maths teacher at the school and expressed concerns at the...
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Taxi driver not ’employed’: Mingeley worked as a taxi driver for Amber Cars. The terms of his [unwritten] contract included...