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£14k payout | Employee sacked for online shopping during work wins unfair dismissal case
An accountancy firm has been ordered to pay more than £14,000 after a tribunal found it fabricated evidence...
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'Moment of reckoning' | Damning review reveals widespread bullying & harassment among legal professionals
Calls grow for tougher regulatory approach to stamp out misconduct...
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Angela Rayner resigns | What next for the Employment Rights Bill as Deputy PM quits?
Could the departure of Rayner - the most prominent champion of the new workers' rights bill - spell trouble...
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'Fatherly gesture' | HR advisor's harassment claim over boss's 'hand on shoulder' dismissed
An HR advisor who alleged that her line manager's gestures and comments amounted to sex discrimination...
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Unfair dismissal | AA ordered to pay £24k to autistic worker sacked over 'violent' joke
The AA has been ordered to pay more than £24,000 in compensation after an employment tribunal found...
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Harassment case | Staff placed bets on who would sleep with new saleswoman first, tribunal told
A saleswoman discovered male colleagues had placed a wager on “who would sleep with me first”, describing...
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'Directly connected' | Finance boss with cancer was told his sickness hurt the business, tribunal hears
Finance chief with cancer told he hadn't acknowledged "the impact his sickness had"...
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'Just banter' | EasyJet cabin manager sacked for in-flight comments loses unfair dismissal claim
An EasyJet cabin manager who told a colleague “I'm just staring at your ass” during a flight has...
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'Juvenile' | Worker unfairly dismissed after making 'Michael Jackson noises'
Tribunal rules behaviour was 'juvenile' but not a sackable offence...
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‘Exploitation’ | Drivers to battle Royal Mail e-Courier for worker classification & access to 'basic' rights
Drivers claim they have been misclassified as self-employed independent contractors, denying them key...
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'Discretionary' | MoD worker loses harassment tribunal after colleagues didn't give him leaving card
An employment judge dismissed the employee's claims that he was harassed and unfairly treated...
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12°C | Cafe worker wins £20k after bosses insisted door was kept open despite complaints about the cold
A cheesecake café assistant successfully sued for unfair dismissal after her bosses rejected her complaints...
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Fraud case | Social worker caught working three council jobs at same time
A former social worker has been convicted of dishonestly working three full-time jobs...
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Legal agreement | Lidl pledges new safeguards on workplace harassment after watchdog intervention
Equality regulator warns all employers as Lidl agrees legal steps to prevent…
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'They lack work ethic' | Worker sues over 'noisy, boisterous' younger staff disrupting her job
An employment tribunal has dismissed claims of age discrimination and harassment brought by a 66-year-old...
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GDPR row | Security manager at BBC site unfairly sacked over CCTV use, tribunal finds
A security manager was unfairly dismissed after his employer accused him of improperly using CCTV to...
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'Orwellian' | Norwich City steward unfairly dismissed over WhatsApp memes
A Norwich City steward who mistakenly sent memes about Russell Brand to a colleague on WhatsApp was unfairly...
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£44k payout | Heathrow worker unfairly sacked after sharing racist video, tribunal finds
A Heathrow Airport security officer was unfairly dismissed after showing a colleague a video described...
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'Inflexible' | British Airways flight attendant too stressed to fly lost job after HR failed to make adjustments
A British Airways flight attendant who said she was too stressed to return to flying has won claims of...
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'Long term consequences' | RAF Sergeant to sue Ministry of Defence after pregnancy set back her promotion
A Royal Air Force Sergeant who missed out on a promotion, because her medical board was cancelled when...
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