Gary Lineker has hit the headlines in recent weeks for a tweet in which he criticised the Government’s asylum policy and in particular the language used by Government ministers when discussing asylum seekers. The BBC was concerned that his tweet breached the broadcaster’s impartiality guidelines and asked Mr Lineker to Read more…
The events came to management attention and Mr Jenkins, a former police officer and Head of the Youth Offending Service, undertook an investigation. He viewed the CCTV and interviewed those present and involved subsequently. SR told Mr Jenkins that while they were both very drunk, Mr Uddin had followed her Read more…
“I have worked for my employer for one year but today my boss came in to my office and told me that as the company had lost a big contract, they could no longer afford to employ me. I was told that I could go home immediately and that the Read more…
From 6 April 2017, compensation limits and minimum awards payable are set to increase. Although the changes are implemented from 6 April 2017, they will only apply in cases where the relevant date for the claim falls on or after 6 April 2017. For example, an employee claiming unfair dismissal Read more…
No, said the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the recent case of Phoenix House Ltd v Stockman and another. The ACAS Code on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures expressly states that it applies to dismissals relating to misconduct or poor performance, but not to redundancy situations or non-renewal of fixed term contracts. Read more…
With the upcoming referendum now less than a month away (taking place on 23 June 2016), what are the potential implications for UK Employment Law of an exit from the EU and how much of the media coverage is fact or fiction? It is fair to say that there has Read more…
It is common for organisations with HR departments to heavily involve HR in disciplinary, grievance and redundancy processes. Indeed, one might say that is the whole point of having an HR department in the first place. To what extent though should the HR manager confine themselves to advice on procedure Read more…
In the latest in a seemingly never ending run of cases involving misconduct through social media, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently ruled in British Waterways Broad v Smith, that it was fair to dismiss an employee for derogatory comments made about his employer on Facebook, even when the Read more…
To what extent can a Tribunal look into previous written warnings given to an employee when deciding whether a subsequent dismissal was fair? It is unusual to see the Court of Appeal (CA) overturn an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision which upheld the initial decision of the Tribunal, but this Read more…
In July 2013 the Government introduced fees for bringing employment tribunal claims for the first time. You may recall from our last blog about tribunal fees in June 2014 that Rebecca Hutchinson reported a dramatic drop in the number of claims being brought at the tribunals as a consequence of the Read more…