‘The law will be changed to “undo” P&O’s mass sacking of its workers, the government is vowing – just hours after a minister warned that would harm the economy.’
The Independent, 24th March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Subpostmasters who helped uncover the Post Office IT scandal but missed out on full compensation are to get payouts under a new government scheme.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former teaching assistant has been awarded a six-figure payout after suing her bosses over an attack by a five-year-old who was “big for his age”.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Journalists should be provided with access to documents from employment tribunal cases even in the aftermath of a judgment, it has been ruled, after a successful legal challenge by the Guardian.’
The Guardian, 22nd March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has recently published information about civil penalties that were imposed between 1 July to 30 September 2021. Civil penalties are imposed on organisations which have employed an individual who does not have permission to work. If found to be employing workers who do not have the right to work, employers can face a penalty of up to £20,000 per worker. During the 3-month period that the Home Office’s guidance covers, 8 civil penalties were imposed on employers in the North West of England.’
EIN Blog, 17th March 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘A vexatious litigant who brought more than 40 discrimination cases in a decade has been banned from bringing claims in the employment tribunal.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘An employment tribunal has ordered that a firm pay around £26,500 to a Jewish employee sacked after he did not come to work on Passover.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Half a century ago, on the 28th of February 1972, the provisions of the Industrial Relations Act 1971 that established an employee’s statutory right not to be unfairly dismissed came into force. To mark this anniversary, I offer some reflections on the significance and impact of this major legal innovation.’
UK Labour Law, 3rd March 2022
Source: uklabourlawblog.com
‘The wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will be examined by a public inquiry starting on Monday.’
BBC News, 14th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Nicholas Siddall QC analyses a recent judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the guidance there given as to the correct approach to case management by an Employment Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th February 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A member of United Sex Workers (USW), the union for sex workers, has been granted anonymity in her case against SumUp, a major card-payment machines provider. This is a significant win in a landmark case challenging financial discrimination against sex workers.’
Each Other, 4th February 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The father of a man found dead in a concrete mixer has claimed he may have been “deliberately killed”, the High Court heard.’
BBC News, 4th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Luton Borough Council was not vicariously liable for the acts of an employee who leaked sensitive data about a woman and her children, in what a High Court judge called a “classic case” of the employee being on a “frolic of her own”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The BBC has paid £1.64m in damages over the deaths of 11 former staff who died from cancer after working in corporation buildings riddled with asbestos, the Observer can reveal.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The individuals who have the right to work in the UK has changed since the Brexit agreement came into effect, and we are likely to see some of the biggest impacts of this over the next year. That means that how people come into the country and the checks that they are subject to could be facing an overhaul, so here we take a look at how the right to work in the UK is likely to change in 2022.’
EIN Blog, 25th January 2022
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Dozens of ethnic minority cleaners are taking legal action against a world-leading children’s hospital having accused the organisation of denying them NHS contracts that would offer a higher wage as well as benefits such as overtime, sick pay, holiday pay and access to the NHS pension scheme.’
The Independent, 27th January 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The head of one of Oxford university’s grandest colleges has indicated that he will agree to step down after a long-running dispute in a deal that includes a £1.5m pay-off and the settlement of a sexual harassment claim against him.’
Financial Times, 21st January 2022
Source: www.ft.com
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