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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.

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Belief discrimination
    • Disability discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Holocaust denial not a belief protected by discrimination legislation

    by Stephen Simpson 30 Jun 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 30 Jun 2014

    Two more employment tribunal decisions, featured in our weekly round-up of tribunal cases in the press, can be added to...

    • Case law
    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Annual leave: 13 holiday pay cases employers should know about

    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jun 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jun 2014

    With two more decisions on holiday pay having been announced in recent weeks, employers could be forgiven for...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Age discrimination
    • Constructive dismissal

    Tribunal watch: Age discrimination claims cost parking firm £700,000

    by Stephen Simpson 23 Jun 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 23 Jun 2014

    This week, we report on an award of more than £700,000 to 20 older drivers who were dismissed after their...

    • 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...

    • Flexible working

    Right to request flexible working changes: eight steps to reviewing your flexible working policy

    by Stephen Simpson 11 Jun 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 11 Jun 2014

    Important changes to the law on the right to request flexible working take effect on 30 June 2014. We set...

    • Flexible working

    Right to request flexible working changes: 10 things employers can learn from case law

    by Stephen Simpson 11 Jun 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 11 Jun 2014

    We provide tips for employers around flexible working case law...

    • 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...

    • Employment law
    • Employment tribunals
    • Trade unions

    Unison allowed to appeal in employment tribunal fees challenge

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

    Unison’s challenge to the introduction of employment tribunal fees will go to the Court of Appeal, after the trade union...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment

    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...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Associative discrimination
    • Disability discrimination

    Five disability discrimination cases brought by carers against their employers

    by Stephen Simpson 15 May 2014
    by Stephen Simpson 15 May 2014

    Employers should be alert to the possibility of committing disability discrimination against an individual with a relative who has a...

    • Sexual harassment
    • Tribunal Watch
    • 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...

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