Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly has won an employment tribunal claim against the BBC for age discrimination & victimisation, but is unsuccessful in her sexism claim. She was seeking compensation in the employment tribunal case, which the BBC had said it would “defend vigorously” but now “accepts the findings”. Ms O’Reilly said the judgment is […]
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Post created on: January 11th, 2011
UKIP have lost an employment tribunal claim for sex discrimination following a default judgment, but aware that these can be set aside, they are reported to have responded now. Employers facing a similar scenario are advised to seek urgent assistance if they have a default judgment against them. Ideally, you should always be looking to […]
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Post created on: December 23rd, 2010
Serial litigants – like John Berry, who has brought numerous claims against employers that advertise vacancies with terms such as “school leavers” or “recent graduates” – risk costs being awarded against them in the future. In a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment involving Mr Berry, Underhill P warned that claimants who bring age discrimination claims […]
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Post created on: November 14th, 2010
Following the announcement in the Budget that the DRA would be phased out from April 2011, with the exception of a six month transition from the existing regulations – the latest date that an employee could be retired under the DRA would need to fall before 1 October 2011 – the Government has today published […]
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Post created on: July 29th, 2010
In the case of Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police v Jelic the Employment Appeals Tribunal supported an employment tribunal’s finding that a reasonable adjustment could involve swapping roles among employees. The EAT did observe that the case they were considering involved a “disciplined service” – where the employee whose role would have been changed […]
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Post created on: May 4th, 2010
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