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Workplace Relationships Broken Down? Always Avoid a Knee-Jerk Response
Where irresolvable differences of opinion render an employment relationship entirely unworkable, dismissal may be justified. However, as one…
Employment Tribunal Blasts Operations Manager’s ‘Sham’ Redundancy
Employers all too often assert that a worker’s services are no longer needed when the real reason for…
Employment Tribunal Orders Unfairly Dismissed Railwayman’s Reinstatement
A finding of unfair dismissal will, in the vast majority of cases, straightforwardly result in an award of…
Employment and an Egregious Case of Pregnancy/Maternity Discrimination
Employers who discriminate against pregnant women or new mothers can expect to reap a bitter harvest of financial…
English Judge Cedes Jurisdiction to Thailand in £4.4 Million Loans Dispute
It is a mark of the international business community’s confidence in the English legal system that a great…
Company That Labelled Employees as Self-Employed Receives Comeuppance
Many businesses that persist in labelling their employed staff as self-employed have met their comeuppance during the COVID-19…
Dismissal of a Disabled Employee is Tough to Justify
It is possible objectively to justify an employee’s dismissal for reasons related to his or her disability. However,…
Employee Prey to Paranoid Delusions ‘Not Disabled’, Court of Appeal Rules
The statutory definition of ‘disability’ came under close Court of Appeal analysis in an employment case concerning a…
Human Trafficking Victims’ Claims Defeated by Insurance Policy Avoidance
Insurers have always been entitled to avoid policies where they have been obtained by misrepresentation or by the…
Workplace Disciplinary Proceedings – Empathy and Understanding Required
The critical issue in many employment cases is whether an employee’s dismissal lies within the range of reasonable…
Facing a Bank’s Formal Demand for Payment? You Are Not Powerless
When faced with a bank’s formal demand for payment, individual debtors can feel that there is little they…
Employer’s Hardline Anti-Corruption Policy Passes Legal Test
Many businesses, particularly those that deal with governmental authorities, sensibly have anti-corruption policies in place. One such policy…
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