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...

The Pimlico Plumbers tribunal is headline news and the Supreme Court have determined last week that Mr Smith was a ‘worker’ under s230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act For Mr Smith to qualify as a worker, the Supreme Court had to find that he had...

The issue of ‘bumping’ has raised its head again recently in the case of Mirab v Mentor Graphics In this case, the claimant employee was employed as the company’s only sales director. He argued that his redundancy was unfair because, among other things,...

Mediation is defined by Acas as “a completely voluntary and confidential form of resolving workplace disputes between people” It involves an independent third party working with those concerned to try and seek an amicable resolution for everyone. Mediation...

The Croydon Employment Tribunal has found that an employer discriminated against a pregnant woman when it treated her unfavourably by extending her probationary period for the second time Calibre Building Services employed Charlotte Kimberley as a...

Asda worker who ‘deliberately’ obtained an additional refund for a toothbrush was unfairly dismissed This case is a testament to the need to follow a fair procedure when addressing appeals and not to automatically say no to an appeal brought outside the...