New rules on ACAS Early Conciliation
New rules on ACAS Early Conciliation have come into force. The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 amends the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Re...
Health and Safety Detriment
“Detriment” is a legal term. It means unfair action by an Employer against an Employee during employment which falls short of an actual dismissal. In Ministry of Defence v Jeremiah [1980] the Court of Appeal considered the meaning of detriment in the co...
Guidance on Gagging Orders at work
ACAS has published new Guidance on the use of Non-disclosure Agreements also known as Gagging Orders. The Guidance helps employers, managers, HR professionals, workers, worker/trade union representatives and job applicants to understand; what non-disclosure a...
Guidance on Harassment and Sexual Harassment at Work
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published new technical Guidance on Sexual Harassment and Harassment at Work. The EHRC is clear that all employers have a duty of care to protect their workers and will be legally liable for harassment in the w...
Dismissal for raising vexatious grievances was fair
In Hope v British Medical Association, Mr Hope was employed by the BMA as a Senior Policy Adviser from June 2014 until his dismissal for gross misconduct on 24 May 2019. He raised a number of grievances against his line manager and senior managers. The grievances could not be resolved informally bec...
Government plans for all tips to go to staff
New tip laws All tips will go to staff under new plans to overhaul tipping practices set out by the government on 24 September 2021. Most hospitality workers – many of whom are earning the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage – rely on tipping to top up their income. But...
Accountant awarded £13,000 for automatically unfair dismissal
In Henderson v Accountsnet Ltd [2021] Catherine Henderson began working as a trainee accountant for AccountsNet Ltd. She was dismissed for leaving work due to an emergency with a poorly child, in circumstances where she had been unable to inform any managers that she was leaving because they were al...
Pregnancy Discrimination costs £11,631.97
In Kinlay v Bronte Film & Television Limited [2021] Ms Kinlay won her claim for pregnancy discrimination and was awarded £11, 631.97 compensation by the Employment Tribunal. Ms Kinlay played the minor role of Sarah Shadlock in the first series “The Strike Series”, a televis...
Careless talk creates Age Discrimination claim
In Crompton v Eden Private Staff Ltd [2020] Mrs. Crompton, who worked for Eden Private Staff, found herself a victim of age discrimination when her manager, Ms. Burridge, subjected her to comments suggesting that she suffered from Alzheimer's disease and referred to her defective memory.&n...
Indirect Sex Discrimination costs employer £184,961.32
In Thompson v Scancrown Ltd [2021] the employer was ordered to pay Ms Thompson £ 184,961.32 as compensation for indirect sex discrimination. The sex discrimination claim came about when Manors Estate Agents (Scancrown Ltd.) refused to allow an adjustment to Ms Thompson’s h...
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