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Sacking Employees for Asserting Their Statutory Rights is Always Unfair
Workers who exercise their entitlement to take a firm stand on their statutory rights may sadly be viewed…
Small Employer Pays Heavily for Ignorance of the Acas Code
Ignorance of the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures is a positive invitation to Employment…
Workplace Disputes and ‘Without Prejudice’ Discussions – Guideline Ruling
Litigation should always be a last resort and, as an Employment Tribunal (ET) ruling made plain, it is…
Treating Every Employee in the Same Way May Itself Be Discriminatory
Anti-discrimination laws are often viewed as requiring employers to treat all their staff in the same way. However,…
Not Every Procedural Defect Will Render a Dismissal Unfair – Guideline Ruling
Deficiencies in a workplace disciplinary procedure will very often render a dismissal unfair – but not always. The…
Sexual Harassment and the Rights of Accused Employees – Guideline Ruling
Sensible employers take accusations of sexual harassment very seriously indeed. As an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling underlined,…
Veteran Train Depot Controller Succeeds in Unfair Dismissal Claim
Workplace investigations and disciplinary proceedings, if not conducted fairly, commonly have equally unfair results. That was certainly so…
A Business is Not an Autocracy – ET Fires Warning Shot
Old-school small business proprietors sadly often place themselves at grave financial and reputational risk by taking an autocratic…
Disability Discrimination – Corner Shops Owe the Same Duties as Multinationals
Small businesses not blessed with human resources departments can find it hard to accommodate disabled members of staff…
Insolvency of Funeral Plans Provider Left Administrators Facing a Conundrum
Some corporate insolvencies can have distressing results for ordinary members of the public and require particularly sensitive handling.…
School Inspector Sacked for Touching Pupil Succeeds in Unfair Dismissal Claim
It is obviously impractical for employers to have in place disciplinary policies that set out each and every…
Use of Discriminatory Words in the Workplace – Context Always Matters
Employers are entitled to enforce zero-tolerance policies in respect of discriminatory remarks in the workplace. As an Employment…
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