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Stephen Simpson is Principal HR Strategy and Practice Editor at Brightmine. His areas of responsibility include the policies and documents and law reports. After obtaining a law degree and training to be a solicitor, he moved into publishing, initially with Butterworths. He joined Brightmine in its early days in 2001.

    • Vexatious claims
    • Case law
    • Employment tribunals

    Trainee barrister who brought 30 employment tribunal claims is disbarred

    by Stephen Simpson 23 Oct 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 23 Oct 2015

    A trainee barrister who was banned from bringing employment tribunal cases after he lodged 30 cases in four years against...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Case law
    • Redundancy

    Supreme Court ruling in USA v Nolan on collective redundancy consultation

    by Stephen Simpson 21 Oct 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 21 Oct 2015

    In the long-running case USA v Nolan, the UK Supreme Court has held that the...

    • Age discrimination

    Age equality: five examples of discrimination against young workers

    by Stephen Simpson 19 Oct 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 19 Oct 2015

    Line managers and employees may be unaware that age discrimination...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Dismissal
    • Unfair dismissal

    Some-other-substantial-reason dismissal when client refused to have employee on site was fair

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Oct 2015

    An employer fairly dismissed an employee for “some other substantial reason” when the client refused to have her back on...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Discipline
    • Discipline and grievances

    Right to be accompanied: bus company vetoed drivers’ union rep

    by Stephen Simpson 8 Oct 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 8 Oct 2015

    It was a breach of the right to be accompanied for an employer to refuse to allow a trade union...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sexual harassment
    • Age discrimination

    Young adults win age discrimination claims over unfair criticism

    by Stephen Simpson 29 Sep 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 29 Sep 2015

    Two young sisters suffered age discrimination after their employer subjected them to aggressive and unfair criticism, an employment tribunal has...

    • Case law
    • Caste discrimination
    • Race discrimination

    Caste discrimination: servant awarded £184,000 for unpaid wages

    by Stephen Simpson 23 Sep 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 23 Sep 2015

    An employment tribunal has awarded a domestic servant who brought one of the UK’s first claims for caste discrimination £184,000...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Discipline
    • OH employment law

    MoD dismissal of sick worker who appeared as medium judged fair

    by Stephen Simpson 21 Sep 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 21 Sep 2015

    A Ministry of Defence (MoD) employee was fairly dismissed for making public appearances as a medium while on sick leave,...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Case law
    • Disability discrimination

    Mother dismissed over absenteeism suffered sex discrimination

    by Stephen Simpson 14 Sep 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 14 Sep 2015

    An insurance company committed sex discrimination against a mother dismissed over absenteeism linked to her daughter’s ill health, an employment...

    • Fit for Work
    • Sickness absence

    Fit for Work service: five things employers need to know

    by Stephen Simpson 8 Sep 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 8 Sep 2015

    The Fit for Work service is now fully open. Employers and GPs can now refer employees who have been off...

    • Case law
    • Dismissal
    • Unfair dismissal

    Heat-of-the-moment dismissals: were these employees sacked or did they resign?

    by Stephen Simpson 4 Sep 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 4 Sep 2015

    What happens if a manager or small business owner gets into an argument with an employee, and ends up saying...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability

    Disability discrimination: NHS discriminated against worker with cancer

    by Stephen Simpson 1 Sep 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 1 Sep 2015

    An NHS trust discriminated against an employee with cancer who attended a competitive interview during a redeployment exercise, an employment...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Dismissal
    • Unfair dismissal

    Unfair dismissal: small business instantly dismissed employee during argument

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Aug 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Aug 2015

    An employee was unfairly dismissed when he was told to “not bother coming back on Monday” during an argument with...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Case law
    • Discipline

    Airport worker dismissed over treatment of colleague who “unfriended” her on Facebook

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Aug 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Aug 2015

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned a tribunal decision that an employee was unfairly dismissed after placing an image...

    • Absence
    • Collective redundancy
    • Case law

    Five important employment law cases in 2015… and five more to come

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Aug 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Aug 2015

    We round up five significant employment case law decisions that have already been made in 2015, and look at five...

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