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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
    • Stress
    • Disability discrimination

    Dismissal over erratic behaviour was disability discrimination

    by Stephen Simpson 29 Apr 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 29 Apr 2016

    An employment tribunal has held that it was discrimination arising from disability for an employee with mental health problems to...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Bullying and harassment

    Disability discrimination: “pull yourself together” comment to employee with depression

    by Stephen Simpson 15 Apr 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 15 Apr 2016

    An employment tribunal has held that a director’s comment to an employee with depression that “everyone gets depressed sometimes, you...

    • Case law
    • Religious discrimination
    • Religion

    NHS trust did not discriminate against Christian worker

    by Stephen Simpson 7 Apr 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 7 Apr 2016

    An NHS trust did not commit religious discrimination against a Christian health worker who was disciplined for inappropriately promoting her...

    • Brexit
    • Europe
    • Case law

    EU referendum: 12 European cases that have shaped UK employment law

    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 31 Mar 2016

    The “Brexit” referendum on whether or not the UK should withdraw from the European Union takes place on 23 June...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Dismissal
    • Unfair dismissal

    Fair misconduct dismissal of employee “pulling a sickie”

    by Stephen Simpson 29 Mar 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 29 Mar 2016

    An employee on sick leave who was found to have exaggerated the effects of an injury caused by a slip...

    • Age discrimination
    • Case law
    • Bullying and harassment

    When workplace nicknames lead to discrimination

    by Stephen Simpson 11 Mar 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 11 Mar 2016

    While workplace nicknames can be a sign of a healthy and lively workplace, they can also have a sinister undertone...

    • Age discrimination
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Bullying and harassment

    Age discrimination: £63,000 for salesperson nicknamed “Gramps”

    by Stephen Simpson 7 Mar 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 7 Mar 2016

    An employment tribunal awarded more than £63,000 for age discrimination to a salesperson who was nicknamed “Gramps” by his younger...

    • Case law
    • Vicarious liability
    • Violence at work

    Morrisons vicariously liable for employee’s attack on customer

    by Stephen Simpson 2 Mar 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 2 Mar 2016

    The supermarket Morrisons is vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who seriously assaulted a customer, the Supreme Court...

    • Employment tribunals

    Unison’s tribunal fees challenge headed to Supreme Court

    by Stephen Simpson 26 Feb 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 26 Feb 2016

    Unison has been granted permission to take its challenge to the introduction of employment tribunal fees to the Supreme Court....

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Sexual harassment
    • NHS

    Sexual harassment: tribunal awards £830k to NHS HR director

    by Stephen Simpson 22 Feb 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 22 Feb 2016

    An employment tribunal has awarded more than £830,000 to an NHS HR director who was constructively dismissed and harassed after...

    • Bonuses
    • Gender pay gap

    Draft gender pay reporting regulations published

    by Stephen Simpson 12 Feb 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 12 Feb 2016

    League tables showing how well companies are tackling their gender pay gap will be published by the Government in 2018...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Holidays and holiday pay
    • Religious discrimination

    Religious festivals: no requirement to give employee five weeks off

    by Stephen Simpson 11 Feb 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 11 Feb 2016

    An employment tribunal found that London Underground was entitled to turn down an employee’s request for five consecutive weeks’ annual...

    • Case law
    • Religious discrimination
    • Sexual orientation discrimination

    When employees’ religious beliefs clash with gay customers’ rights: five key cases

    by Stephen Simpson 3 Feb 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 3 Feb 2016

    This week, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal was expected to hear the high-profile case of a bakery accused of...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Discipline
    • Discipline and grievances

    Dismissal of worker who described bosses as “fascist”

    by Stephen Simpson 29 Jan 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 29 Jan 2016

    An employment tribunal held that an employee on a final warning was fairly dismissed after becoming aggressive during a meeting...

    • Childcare
    • Case law
    • Maternity

    Suspending childcare vouchers during maternity leave – EAT appeal

    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jan 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 26 Jan 2016

    Is an employer obliged to continue to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) last week...

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