McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd, a high profile discrimination case that reached the Court of Appeal recently, was unsuccessful in getting permission to appeal against a decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (the EAT). The appeal was made by Gary McFarlane, who was employed as a relationship counsellor by Relate Avon Ltd. He was dismissed […]
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Post created on: May 4th, 2010
Figures released this week by Acas have revealed that the number of businesses and employees trying to avoid employment tribunal claims has risen in recent months. The volume of calls every month to the Acas helpline referred to the early conciliation service – pre-claim conciliation (PCC) have almost doubled since September 2009. The free service […]
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Post created on: March 19th, 2010
Following two important decisions on holiday pay (Stinger and Pereda) from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) , an employment tribunal has now ruled in a case (believed to be the first case of this nature since last year’s decisions) in favour of the employee. The case – Shah v First West Yorkshire Ltd – […]
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Post created on: February 22nd, 2010
In a judgement delivered this week, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a contractual right to change terms & conditions does not require the consent of employees where this is provided for in a staff handbook. In the case of Ms D Bateman and others v Asda Stores Ltd, the EAT ruled that […]
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Post created on: February 19th, 2010
No sooner did we report on the case of John Berry, serial litigant using age discrimination laws, when another case comes to our attention. Miss M Keane, an experienced accountant in her early 50’s, applied for accountancy jobs that advertised for “recently qualified”, and when she failed to get an interview (and in some instances, […]
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Post created on: February 10th, 2010
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