Direct2Lawyers | Employment Blawg (AKA LabourBlawg)

Direct2Lawyers

Sacked carer brings Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal

August 20, 2013

A sacked care manager has issued a claim in the Employment Tribunal after she was dismissed from her job last year. Mrs Donna Savigar worked for a period of five years as a care manager for Stoke-on-Trent council until she was dismissed in 2012. The reason for her dismissal is not clear but she contends […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Employment Tribunal cases in the news last week

August 12, 2013

In this post we’re going to look at a number of Employment Tribunal cases that have made the headlines in the last week, including: Black worker awarded £27,000 after hearing colleague referred to as golliwog (The Telegraph) A black worker who worked at a fruit and vegetable wholesaler in Gloucester has won his Employment Tribunal […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Female banker makes “bunga bunga” Employment Tribunal claim

July 17, 2013

A female banker has made an Employment Tribunal claim after claiming that she was subjected to discrimination at the firm that she worked for. Ms Isabel Sitz claims that she was subjected to discrimination in the workplace and that she was forced out of her job last year by the racist and sexist culture at […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Cambridge businessman wins £3.4 million payout from Employment Tribunal claim

July 10, 2013

A Cambridge-based businessman has been awarded £3.4 million by the Employment Tribunal after it was found that he had been dismissed because he had blown the whistle on illicit practices. Medical Marketing International (“MMI”) was set up in 1988 by Margaret Best. Mr David Best (Mrs Best’s husband), 63, was chairman and managing director  of Medical […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Female employee sacked after affair with boss wins Employment Tribunal claim

June 19, 2013

A female employee has won her Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and sexual harassment after she was fired in 2011. The female employee (who cannot be identified for legal reasons) started work at the property firm, based in central London, as a personal assistant in 2008. Soon after she started work at the firm […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Virgin Atlantic worker’s claim for sexual harassment comes to the Employment Tribunal

June 12, 2013

A Virgin Atlantic employee’s claims for discrimination and harassment have come to a full hearing in the Employment Tribunal in London. Mr Ashley Roberts, 30, works at Virgin Atlantic. He submitted a claim for sexual harassment to the Employment Tribunal last year after taking employment law advice on the merits of his claim as he […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Accident at work leads to fine for Birmingham demolitions company

June 6, 2013

A Birmingham demolitions company has been fined and ordered to pay costs after a worker at its plant in Warwickshire suffered an injury at work. A Birmingham-based demolitions firm has been fined and ordered to pay costs by Solihull Magistrates’ Court after it was found that the business had breached key health and safety regulations, […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Muslim-run company ordered to pay Christian worker compensation for discrimination

May 29, 2013

A Muslim-run company based in the West Midlands have been ordered by the Employment Tribunal to pay a former employee thousands of pounds in compensation after he was successful in an Employment Tribunal claim. Halal Food Group, based in the West Midlands, were sued by Mr Christoper Turton, 31, after he alleged that he had […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Counter-claims in the Employment Tribunal

March 19, 2013

Claims for breach of contract in the Employment Tribunal are frequent – perhaps one of the most frequent types of claim. However, the question often arises as to whether an employer can counter-claim for breach of contract if an employee submits such a claim. We’ll therefore take a look at this particular point in this […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

Can racial harassment constitute gross misconduct?

March 11, 2013

A recent excerpt in the Daily Telegraph reported the dismissal of a police officer for making racially-motivated comments towards another colleague in the Metropolitan police force. We’ll take a look at the above matter in this article and examine whether racial harassment can constitute grounds for gross misconduct and potential dismissal. In the case reported […]

Read the full employment blawg post →

← Previous Entries