The law provides wide-ranging protection against disability discrimination but that does not extend employees who’ve been found guilty of stealing. This was illustrated in a recent case involving Mr A Wood, who worked for Durham County Council. Mr Wood was found to have taken some items from Boots the Chemist without paying. He was accused
The Court of Appeal has ruled that British Airways treated a part-time employee unfavourably in comparison to full-time staff. The case involved crew member Florence Pinaud, who claimed her contract required her to be available for proportionately 3.5% more days than a comparable colleague who worked full time. She had to be available for work
The gig economy has suffered another blow with the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling that taxi drivers with the company Addison Lee should be classed as workers. Three drivers brought claims asserting an entitlement to holiday pay and to the national minimum wage, which would only exist if they were workers for the purposes of the
An employee with a blood phobia was not subjected to disability discrimination when he was required to escort patients to and from hospital wards. Andrew Brangwyn was an occupational therapy technician with South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust. He had a phobia about blood, injections and needles. In January 2011, he was informed that he had
The naming of Sir Philip Green as the businessman trying to prevent his identity being published over sexual and racial harassment claims has thrown the spotlight on workplace Non-Disclosure Agreements. The issue arose after five employees at Sir Philip’s Arcadia group made allegations about his “discreditable conduct”. All the complaints were settled before any details
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced plans for a series of measures to remove the barriers facing ethnic minorities in the workplace Mrs May has launched a consultation on ethnicity pay reporting in response to the recent Race Disparity Audit, which revealed significant disparities in the pay and progression of ethnic minority employees compared to
A compliance officer with an international bank who was “side-lined” after having a baby has won her claims of maternity and sex discrimination. Jagruti Rajput joined Commerzbank AG in London as a senior compliance advisor in 2012. By 2015 she was being considered as a possible candidate for head of department. In 2016, she went
A company has been found liable for an assault by its managing director after a Christmas party that left an employee with brain damage. The incident happened after the director, John Major, organised and paid for a Christmas party for staff at Northampton Recruitment Ltd. After the party he arranged for taxis to take some
A cashier who was sacked by her firm while its business was being taken over by another company has won her claim of unfair dismissal. The cashier, Ms S Kaur, worker for H&W Wholesale Ltd, which specialised in selling wine and beer. It got into difficulties in December 2014 so Hare Wines Ltd agreed to
Morrisons supermarket chain may have to pay compensation to more than 5,000 of its staff after their confidential data was published online by an employee with a grudge. The Court of Appeal heard that Andrew Skelton had worked for Morrisons as an internal IT auditor. He developed a grudge against the company after being disciplined.