Bizarre 2021 tribunals | Chicken nugget row, Zoom call blunders & more weird workplace rows

Just like its predecessor, 2021 has been a bizarre year for the people function.

To-ing and froing about returning to the office, then working from home again, alongside a growing list of issues such as work perks, talent retention, the great resignation and the ‘pingdemic’.

However, pandemic aside, there have been many instances where firms have found themselves taken to court by disgruntled employees, relating to incidents which have left HR leaders bemused, confused and shocked in equal measure.

Below, HR Grapevine looks back on some of the most unusual employment tribunal cases of 2021: