Woman wins clothes store tribunal – BBC News
“A disabled woman from north-west London has won her employment tribunal against clothing giant Abercrombie and Fitch.”
BBC News, 13th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: employment
Tate Modern worker claims compensation for being too cold – The Guardian
“Elizabeth Andrews, a gallery supervisor, has launched a claim for compensation against the Tate, saying that the cold, among a series of other factors, meant she became increasingly ill and eventually had to go on long-term sick leave.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Junior doctors training: Campaigners win right to Judicial Review – Daily Telegraph
“Junior doctors have won the right to a Judicial Review of the General Medical Council’s refusal to discipline senior colleagues they hold responsible for the training places debacle.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Swine flu pandemic could fuel rise in workplace litigation – The Guardian
“Businesses could face a spate of legal claims from employees hit by swine flu, experts warn, as concerns mount that firms are not prepared to deal with legal issues arising from affected staff.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gutridge and others v Sodexo Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Gutridge and others v Sodexo Ltd and another [2009] EWCA Civ 729; [2009] WLR (D) 246
WLR Daily, 17th July 2009
“An employee whose employment contract had been transferred under contracting-out arrangements to another employer could not have any greater rights against the transferee than she had against the transferor by virtue of reg 5 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981. Although the right to bring proceedings under the Equal Pay Act 1970 was against the transferee, the right was, pursuant to ss 2(4) and 2ZA, time limited to six months after the termination of the employee’s employment with the transferor, which was six months after the date of the transfer.”
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
GISDA Cyf v Barratt – WLR Daily
GISDA Cyf v Barratt [2009] EWCA Civ 648; [2009] WLR (D) 229
“The ‘effective date of termination of employment’ within section 97(1)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 was not necessarily the date yielded by contractual analysis. When determining the relevant time limit for making an unfair dismissal claim, an employment tribunal had not erred in concluding that the effective date of termination of employment was when the employee read the letter of summary dismissal and not the date when the letter reached the employee’s home address when she was away.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Worker with false arm ‘banished to stock room’ – The Times
“A student with a prosthetic arm was made to work in the stockroom of the retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she did not fit its ‘look policy’, a tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public school workers win pension fight after 10-year legal battle – The Guardian
“Dozens of low-paid women workers at a leading public school are celebrating after gaining equal pension rights following a 10-year legal battle.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Database blacklist saw thousands denied jobs – The Independent
“Thousands of workers in the construction industry were denied employment because of a secret ‘blacklist’, a court heard today.”
The Independent, 27th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
McConkey v Simon Community Northern Ireland – WLR Daily
McConkey v Simon Community Northern Ireland [2009] UKHL 24; [2009] WLR (D) 161
“An employer in Northern Ireland could refuse to employ a person on the ground of that person having supported the use of violence for political ends connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland, even if the person had since repudiated such views.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
McConkey and Another v Simon Community Northern Ireland – Times Law Reports
McConkey and Another v Simon Community Northern Ireland
House of Lords
“An employer in Northern Ireland could refuse to employ a person on the ground of his having supported the use of violence for political ends connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland even if the job-seeker had since repudiated such views.”
The Times, 26th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Law ‘will force churches to employ gay staff’ – Daily Telegraph
“Churches will be banned from turning down gay job applicants on the grounds of their sexuality under new anti-discrimination laws, a Government minister said.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sacked paperboy, 15, tries to change employment law – The Times
“A schoolboy is trying to change children’s employment laws after being sacked from his paper round.”
The Times, 6th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Acas view: our new code will have a positive impact – The Times
“New legislation is often welcomed with a whiff of trepidation, especially by businesses. Change – in particular legal change – usually prompts feelings of uncertainty and suspicion.”
The Times, 26th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
BA crucifix worker takes case to Court of Appeal – Daily Telegraph
“British Airways check-in employee Nadia Eweida who was banned from wearing a Christian cross at work is to take her case to the Court of Appeal.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lord Mandelson plan to tear up new laws splits party – The Times
“Plans to axe new laws that would increase costs for businesses, including enhanced maternity leave and tougher equality legislation, are threatening to blow open a Cabinet rift over how Labour should respond to the economic downturn, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 23rd February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Companies told to review rules to avoid ‘indirect’ religious discrimination – Daily Telegraph
“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.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Boys and Girls Alone forces review of children’s employment laws – The Times
“Ministers have ordered a review of child employment laws as a public outcry grows over the Channel 4 series, Boys and Girls Alone, which follows a group aged 8-11 who are left without adult supervision in isolated cottages in Cornwall.”
The Times, 14th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
All criteria must be met for exemptions from disability hiring law, says EAT – OUT-LAW.com
“If a company that is recruiting is to be exempt from making provisions for disabled applicants it must fulfil all the criteria laid down in law and not just some of them, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has said”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Foreign advert ban puts British workers first – The Times
“Employers will be prevented from advertising jobs overseas under plans being drawn up to ensure that British workers fill vacancies during the recession.”
The Times, 19th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
