“Employment lawyers have hit back at a leaked government paper that proposes abolishing unfair dismissal claims for ’unproductive workers’, stressing it would rob all employees of basic legal protection.”
The Lawyer, 26th October 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Workers will have to pay to bring unfair dismissal claims and will not be able to do so unless they have worked for the employer for at least two years, the government has said. Under the plans, applicants will be obliged to pay the costs of an unfair dismissal claim – £250 for lodging a claim and a further £1,000 if the case goes to a hearing – which will only be refunded if the employee wins. The change to double the length of employment needed before a claim can be made will come into affect on 6 April 2012.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Directors of an organisation can be guilty of breaching discrimination laws when carrying out acts on behalf of that organisation, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th September 2011
“Evidence of unfair sales practices targeted at elderly and vulnerable consumers buying mobility aids has been uncovered by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), leading to an investigation into two nationwide traders.”
The Guardian, 29th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government today insisted it had made no final decision on whether to increase the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims from 12 months to two years and was still considering responses to a consultation.”
The Independent, 28th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A worker who was sacked after criticising her workplace on Facebook was unfairly dismissed, an Employment Tribunal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The EAT has ruled that an employee summarily dismissed during a notice period cannot bring an unfair dismissal claim if the dismissal means they have insufficient length of service to raise a claim.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The supreme court has rejected applications by the Department for Education and Haringey council to challenge a landmark ruling that Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the death of Baby P.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A policewoman who was forced out of her job after going on the TV show Total Wipeout while she was off sick, is now suing force chiefs.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Teachers who had been employed by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and seconded to work at European Schools throughout the European Union were entitled to bring unfair dismissal claims before an employment tribunal under section 94(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”
WLR Daily, 15th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Teachers working for the UK Government in European Schools should have the same protections from unfair dismissal as those working in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Unions have begun legal action after more than 99% of Southampton City Council workers signed new contracts forcing many to take a pay cut.”
BBC News, 13th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Department for Education has confirmed that it is seeking an appeal at the supreme court against the court of appeal ruling that Sharon Shoesmith was unfairly sacked following the death of Baby P.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Shoesmith) v OFSTED and others [2011] EWCA Civ 642; [2011] WLR (D) 184
“The report of Ofsted into child safeguarding arrangements within a local authority, requested by the Secretary of State for Education following the death of a child while on the authority’s child protection register, was properly and fairly carried out under the statutory requirements of section 20 of the Children Act 2004. In the circumstances, more formal and demanding standards were not obligatory.”
WLR Daily, 27th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Sharon Shoesmith has said it was ‘justice, not money’ that motivated her during a two-year legal challenge over her controversial sacking in the wake of the Baby Peter tragedy.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An ex-social services director says she is ‘thrilled’ to have won an appeal against a ruling that her sacking after Baby Peter’s death was lawful.”
BBC News, 27th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Haringey’s former head of child services will learn today if she has won her court of appeal battle over her sacking in the wake of the Baby P tragedy.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A company does not have to compensate an employee it has unfairly dismissed for loss of earnings spanning the remainder of the worker’s career if there is a chance the worker could get a job on the same salary in the future, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A former housing association director claims he was sacked because he found a £800,000 deficit in Gwynedd council home transfer proposals.”
BBC News, 11th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman solicitor who alleges that her boss remarked she had ‘all the traits of a blonde’ and should find herself a rich husband has begun tribunal proceedings for sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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