An employment tribunal has held that it was discrimination arising from disability for an employee with mental health problems to...
Stephen Simpson
Stephen Simpson
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.
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An employment tribunal has held that a director’s comment to an employee with depression that “everyone gets depressed sometimes, you...
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An NHS trust did not commit religious discrimination against a Christian health worker who was disciplined for inappropriately promoting her...
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The “Brexit” referendum on whether or not the UK should withdraw from the European Union takes place on 23 June...
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An employee on sick leave who was found to have exaggerated the effects of an injury caused by a slip...
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While workplace nicknames can be a sign of a healthy and lively workplace, they can also have a sinister undertone...
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An employment tribunal awarded more than £63,000 for age discrimination to a salesperson who was nicknamed “Gramps” by his younger...
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The supermarket Morrisons is vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who seriously assaulted a customer, the Supreme Court...
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Unison has been granted permission to take its challenge to the introduction of employment tribunal fees to the Supreme Court....
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An employment tribunal has awarded more than £830,000 to an NHS HR director who was constructively dismissed and harassed after...
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League tables showing how well companies are tackling their gender pay gap will be published by the Government in 2018...
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An employment tribunal found that London Underground was entitled to turn down an employee’s request for five consecutive weeks’ annual...
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This week, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal was expected to hear the high-profile case of a bakery accused of...
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An employment tribunal held that an employee on a final warning was fairly dismissed after becoming aggressive during a meeting...
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Is an employer obliged to continue to provide childcare vouchers during maternity leave? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) last week...