Category: employment tribunals

Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and others v Coutinho – WLR Daily

Posted May 26th, 2009 in compensation, employment tribunals, law reports, race discrimination, victimisation by sally

Rank Nemo (DMS) Ltd and others v Coutinho [2009] EWCA Civ 454; [2009] WLR (D) 163

“The failure of an employer to pay compensation awarded to an employee for race discrimination, even after such compensation award had been converted into a county court judgment, could amount to victimisation of the employee after termination of his employment, for the purposes of a claim under s 4(2) of the Race Relations Act 1976.”

WLR Daily, 21st May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Francois v Hutchison 3G UK Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted May 18th, 2009 in employment tribunals, estoppel, law reports by sally

Francois v Hutchison 3G UK Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 405; [2009] WLR (D) 154

“On an application to review a decision rejecting a claim form for procedural non-compliance, where the claimant’s grounds included administrative error and the interests of justice, an employment judge should not limit his consideration to administrative error, but should consider whether, in all the circumstances, the interests of justice required a review.”

WLR Daily, 15th May 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Tribunal awards: defaulters’ names to be put on public debt register – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 2nd, 2009 in debts, employment tribunals, news by sally

“People who fail to pay awards made by employment tribunals will be publicly named and shamed from today, as the government clamps down hard on employers who disregard tribunal rulings.”

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Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Companies told to review rules to avoid ‘indirect’ religious discrimination – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 16th, 2009 in employment, employment tribunals, news, religious discrimination by sally

“Companies have been urged to review their workplace rules to ensure they are not discriminating against religious employees, after a sharp rise in the number of faith-related employment tribunals.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Employment Tribunals should ignore previous harassment rulings, says EAT – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 16th, 2009 in employment tribunals, harassment, news by sally

“Employment Tribunals should ignore precedents set in harassment cases that predate the introduction in 2003 of new definitions from an EU Directive, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2009

Source: www.out-law.com

Diggins v Condor Marine Crewing Services Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted February 9th, 2009 in employment tribunals, jurisdiction, law reports, ships, unfair dismissal by sally

Diggins v Condor Marine Crewing Services Ltd; [2009] WLR (D) 37

“The claimant, who lived in the United Kingdom and was employed as a chief officer on a ferry registered in Nassau which sailed from Portsmouth to the Channel Islands, returning to Portsmouth each working day, was entitled to bring a claim of unfair dismissal and was not excluded by the provisions relating to mariners in s 199 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”

WLR Daily, 6th February 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Employment Act 2008

Posted November 14th, 2008 in employment, employment tribunals, legislation, trade unions by sally

Employment Act 2008 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Information Commissioner orders naming of Tribunal employers – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 16th, 2008 in employment tribunals, freedom of information, news by sally

“Organisations involved in Employment Tribunals will have their identities published after a ruling by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ruling reinstates a practice that was discontinued in 2001.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2008

Source: www.out-law.com