Category: Employment Tribunal Claims

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Childcare and Sex Discrimination

In a recent case decided by the Employment Appeal Tribunal the tricky issue of childcare and sex discrimination arose in a case against the retail chain Primark. It is an interesting reminder of the types of issues that can arise when trying to arrange working hours and arrangements among staff.

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What is the test for determining victimisation?

This question has been answered recently by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of Warburton v The Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police [2022] EAT 42 (14 March 2022).  Victimisation occurs where one person subjects another person to a detriment because either..

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An employer has been ordered to pay compensation after making menopause comments

An employee recently succeeded in claiming that she had been harassed on the grounds of her sex and age following comments made by her manager about menopause.  She also won her claim of victimisation based on the treatment she received after she complained about the offending comments. 

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Employee asked to stop flatulating loses disability-related harassment claim

Employee asked to stop flatulating loses disability-related harassment claim. In the recent case of Mr Tarique Mohammed v Crown Prosecution Service 3323914/2016 and others, Mr Mohammed, a barrister employed by the CPS, was unsuccessful in arguing that he had been discriminated against..

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Flexible working request appeal time limits

The Employment Appeal Tribunal in Walsh v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd  recently held that the Tribunal had made an error in its finding that an employee had agreed to extend the decision period when he agreed to attend an appeal after the expiry of the decision period.

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Was an employee unfairly dismissed when his employer failed to inform him of the specific allegation that led to his dismissal?

Was an employee unfairly dismissed when his employer failed to inform him of the specific allegation that led to his dismissal?
This was the question that the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered in the case of London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham v Keable where the employer appealed against a Tribunal’s decision that it had unfairly dismissed an employee for making controversial remarks that were published on social media