by Solutions for HR | Jul 10, 2018 | Employment Law News
Mrs O’Connor had been employed by DL Insurance Services in a customer support role since June 2005 DL recognised she was disabled and in 2009 she made a request to work flexibly as her illness was having an effect on her working patterns. The Company implemented...
by Solutions for HR | Jul 10, 2018 | Employment Law News
IT manager constructively dismissed after being denied a company van is awarded £10,000 Mr A Rawlinson worked as an IT Support Manager for Catch22 Multi Academies Trust (MAT), servicing 5 schools within the Trust, all in different locations. He was employed between...
by Solutions for HR | Jul 10, 2018 | Employment Law News
Awarded more than £4,000 in unpaid wages A college student on a zero-hours contract has been awarded more than £4,000 in unpaid wages, despite taking up a new full-time job midway through a nine-month suspension from her zero hours’ role. The EAT ruled that Obi’s...
by Solutions for HR | Jun 19, 2018 | Employment Law News
Depressed worker fired for making ‘offensive’ drawings was unfairly dismissed In a similar set of circumstances to the “Horror film case”, a data analyst who was fired for gross misconduct, after his colleagues discovered a notebook containing “sexually violent...
by Solutions for HR | Jun 19, 2018 | Employment Law News
This is the case of the former head of English who was suffering from stress exacerbated by cystic fibrosis He was dismissed after screening an 18-rated horror movie to 15 and 16-year-olds despite explaining in mitigation that his judgement was affected by his stress....
by Solutions for HR | Jun 19, 2018 | Employment Law News
Employer told to pay £11,000 for creating a ‘maternity pause’ clause in relation to training costs A former optician was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against after her employer tried to use a contractual ‘pause clause’ to reclaim training costs when she didn’t...
