Payout for railway whistleblower – BBC News
“A rail worker has won £200,000 in compensation for being sacked after he blew the whistle on a manager who asked him to lie about an accident.”
BBC News, 14th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: unfair dismissal
Counsellor ‘sacked for refusing to work with gay couples’ – The Independent
“A Christian counsellor from Bristol is to take a charity to a tribunal after he was allegedly sacked for refusing to work with same-sex couples.”
The Independent, 1st December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Tread carefully with extreme views – BBC News
“The publication of details about BNP members may prompt some employers to take action, particularly in companies where membership may cause particular sensitivities given the nature of the business or its customer or client base.”
BBC News, 21st November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Academic wins tribunal case over re-marked papers – Daily Telegraph
“An academic has won a case against a university that ‘meddled’ in the marking of his students’ exams and gave new grades to papers he had failed.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
How mother’s stand after job humiliation won her £120,000 – The Times
“Sarah Vince-Cain describes herself as a child of the Eighties, brought up in the age of ‘hard work, power suits and Margaret Thatcher’, and felt guilty about taking time off to start a family.”
The Times, 14th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Butler wins dismissal case against widow who ‘treated him like slave’ – The Guardian
“A butler has won an unfair dismissal case against a wealthy widow, who, he alleges, treated him like a slave, threw walking sticks at him and called him nasty names such as ‘toad’ and ‘monster’.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Butler claiming unfair dismissal ‘smashed up crockery’ – Daily Telegraph
“A butler who is claiming over £200,000 for unfair dismissal from the widow of a wartime ambassador ‘screamed obscenities’ before smashing the crockery because he did not want to wash up, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne Grace v B. F. Components Ltd – Times Law Reports
Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne Grace v B. F. Components Ltd
Court of Appeal
“Where an employee had been treated as self-employed but was later found to have been employed, he was not necessarily precluded from claiming unfair dismissal on the ground of illegality, since in order for a contract of employment to be unlawfully performed there had to be some form of misrepresentation as to the facts.”
The Times, 2nd June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Employer must prove reason for dismissal, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal has said that employment tribunals do not have to back a fired employee’s story simply because the employer fails to prove its opposing case.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG Case C-506/06 – Times Law Reports
Mayr v Backerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flockner OHG Case C-506/06
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The dismissal of a female employee when her ova had been fertilised in an in vitro procedure but had not yet been transferred into her uterus was not prohibited by the Community directive on the safety and health of pregnant workers, but was prohibited by the equal treatment directive it if was established that the dismissal was based on the fact that she had undergone in vitro fertilisation.”
The Times, 12th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
GAB Robins (UK) Ltd v Triggs – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“In a case of unfair constructive dismissal, where there was a gap in time between the employer’s repudiatory breach and the employee’s acceptance of it by resignation, damages for the loss caused by the repudiatory breach could not be claimed in unfair dismissal proceedings before an industrial tribunal and had to be sought in separate common law proceedings.”
The Times, 5th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Mayr v Bäckerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flöckner OHG – WLR Daily
Mayr v Bäckerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flöckner OHG (Case C-506/06): WLR (D) 63
“An employee who was dismissed at a time between the in vitro fertilisation of her ova and the transfer of the fertilised ova to her uterus was not “pregnant” for the purposes of Directive 92/85 on the safety and health at work of pregnant workers, but her dismissal was unlawful under Directive 76/207 on equal treatment for men and women in employment matters if it was essentially based on the fact that she was undergoing in vitro fertilisation treatment.”
WLR Daily, 27th February 2008
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.
GAB Robins (UK) Ltd v Triggs – WLR Daily
GAB Robins (UK) Ltd v Triggs [2008] EWCA Civ 17; [2008] WLR (D) 17
“An employee who had been constructively dismissed was not entitled in proceedings for unfair dismissal to claim damages for the consequences prior to the dismissal of the employer’s repudiatory breach of the employment contract. It was the employee’s acceptance, by her resignation, of the employer’s repudiation of the contract which caused the dismissal, not the repudiatory conduct itself.”
WLR Daily, 30th January 2008
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.
Children’s TV actor loses case for unfair dismissal – The Times
“A children’s TV actor who claimed that he injured himself in a ‘faulty’ animatronic suit and suffered homophobic abuse lost his case for unfair dismissal yesterday.”
The Times, 18th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Robot suit ‘hurt TV show actor’ – BBC News
“An actor who worked inside a robotic suit for a top children’s television programme has taken the production company to an industrial tribunal.”
BBC News, 14th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Straight bouncer harassed by gay club boss who called her a breeder – The Times
“A married mother of three has won thousands of pounds in compensation from a gay nightclub that discriminated against her because she is heterosexual.”
The Times, 4th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
House manager wins claim over flexible work – The Guardian
“A former Barbican house manager who said she was refused flexible working time stands to receive a six-figure payout after winning her claims for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal.”
The Guardian, 21st December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Victory for teacher sacked after race taunts and sexual harassment – The Times
“A teacher who was called a ‘bloody immigrant’ and a ‘nigger’ by pupils and advised by a colleague to go to work in a ‘more ethnically diverse school’ if she wanted promotion, has won her case for unfair dismissal.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
‘Slap’ teacher’s sacking unfair – BBC News
“A teacher who was unfairly sacked after his daughter said he kicked and punched her in a row at home could be awarded thousands of pounds in compensation.”
BBC News, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Executive’s sacking was unfair but not a racist plot, says German bank – The Times
“A City investment bank accused of forcing out a highflying member of staff because he was ‘not German enough’ has admitted that it unfairly sacked the executive.”
The Times, 13th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
