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£25k tribunal | Worker returns from maternity leave to find office shut down
A worker has been awarded more than £25,000 after her employer shut down her office without informing...
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House of Lords | Peer sparks debate over 'banter ban' in Employment Rights Bill
Workers' rights provision relating to harassment sparks debate...
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Landmark ruling | Supreme Court rules on definition of 'man' & 'woman' - what it means for employers
HR professionals urged to review policies, training and single-sex provision rules after landmark ruling...
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£75k missing | Manager deducts money from staff wages but fails to pay it into pension scheme
A GP practice manager who failed to pay more than £75,000 into the pension funds of staff at her surgery...
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‘Incoherent’ | UK firms that axe DEI face heightened legal risks, ELA warns
The Employment Lawyers Association warned DEI rollbacks would risk 'adverse findings of discrimina...
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BL-Tribunal | Employer correct to dismiss employee over response to sandwich prank
The apprentice was dismissed for his response to a colleague poking 'finger-sized holes' in his...
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‘Protect officers' | Labour MP Norris further accused of harassment & bullying by staff
Complaints of harassment against MP Dan Norris follow allegations of child sex offences...
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Legal turbulence | Ryanair fights ruling in high-stakes appeal over pilot's 'worker' status
Tribunals classified a pilot as an employee rather than a self-employed contractor...
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Maternity | Ex Citi employee allegedly 'penalised' for having a child reaches £215k settlement
'At Citi, we strive to foster an inclusive workplace,' a spokesperson said...
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Equal pay | BBC reaches settlement with female presenters over pay discrimination claims
Four female news presenters who accused the BBC of having a “rigged” employment selection process...
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‘Symbolic’ | Asking senior staff to use 'junior' desks could signal a demotion, tribunal finds
A senior estate agent was right to feel his seating arrangement signalled a 'demotion,' an employment...
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Quiet, please! | British Library loses 'reasonable adjustments' tribunal after worker complains it was too noisy to work in
A worker has successfully sued the British Library for 'failing to make reasonable adjustments' by...
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Misconduct probe | Met Police duo face hearing over alleged sexual & racial remarks to staff
Two Met Police officers will face a disciplinary probe over alleged misconduct, including claims that...
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‘Could spark an avalanche' | Thousands of Asda workers take 'historic step' in £1.2bn equal pay tribunal
The GMB union says staff are on the 'cusp of justice' while Asda strongly denies any discriminatory...
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£70k payout | Disabled worker sacked after taking sick leave while awaiting reasonable adjustments
An NHS trust has been ordered to pay more than £70k to a former employee who was dismissed after taking...
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‘So undignified’ | Failure to give NHS worker private space to express breast milk was harassment, tribunal rules
An NHS worker in Cardiff has won a workplace harassment tribunal after her employer failed to give her...
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Balancing act | UK firms back Government's employee rights agenda but accept it could make day-to-day operations more costly
Employers embrace the principle of wider employee protections...
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‘Toxic’ | PinkNews chief execs accused of sexual misconduct by staff
The two senior bosses at PinkNews, the world's most prominent LGBT news outlet, face allegations of...
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'Radical' law | Belgium's sex workers secure maternity leave, sick pay & employment rights
Sex workers in Belgium have become the world's first to secure employment rights including maternity...
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£1.28m fine | Insufficient training given to Ginsters worker crushed to death by lorry, investigation concludes
An investigation into the death of a Ginsters employee in 2021 has revealed that the pastry maker breached...
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