by Solutions for HR | May 9, 2019 | Employment Law News
Sacked because she used a work PC for online shopping An employee who was sacked because she used a work PC for online shopping during her breaks has won her claim for unfair dismissal and has been awarded £16,000. In late 2017 Ashley McMahon was questioned by the...
by Solutions for HR | May 9, 2019 | Employment Law News
Employees encouraged to shout out insults and offensive terms Pobl Group, a housing association, organised diversity training for its staff on the 8th March 2018. Teresa Georges was a cleaner for the Group, recently employed on the 4th January 2018. During this...
by Solutions for HR | May 9, 2019 | Employment Law News
Entitled to National Minimum Wage? In the case of Frudd v Partington Group, the EAT had to decide whether wardens/receptionists who were on call from evening to morning were working on “time work” and therefore entitled to National Minimum Wage. The Claimants, who...
by Solutions for HR | Apr 11, 2019 | Employment Law News
Breach of his working time rights? The Court of Appeal has unanimously ruled against a railway signal box worker who claimed his inability to take an uninterrupted break at work amounted to a breach of his working time rights. Under Working Time Regulations (WTR)...
by Solutions for HR | Apr 11, 2019 | Employment Law News
Employee with depression awarded £35,000 after being denied flexible working A DWP employee who suffered from depression has been awarded £35,677 after he was denied flexible working hours by his employer and in doing so, failed to make reasonable adjustments. The...
by Solutions for HR | Mar 29, 2019 | Employment Law News
There has been uncertainty for a while on the status of zero hours contracts We now have some clarity… A zero-hours contract is an arrangement whereby an individual agrees to be available for work as and when required, yet the employer is not obliged to provide the...
