A postman has been awarded £22,000 compensation after his arrangement to work flexible hours was altered without his agreement. The Employment Tribunal heard that Adam Gregory had worked for Royal Mail for more than 20 years. Following his divorce in 2012, he requested that he should only work Monday to Friday to enable him to
A bus driver with an “exemplary record” who was sacked for going through traffic lights when they were on red has won his unfair dismissal claim. The Employment Tribunal heard that Abdul Jabber had worked for National Express West Midlands for 37 years and had an unblemished record. He was sacked in October 2015 after
Argos is one of more than 200 businesses to be named and shamed by HMRC for failing to pay employees the National Minimum Wage or Living Wage. The retail giant, which was taken over by Sainsburys last year, failed to pay a total of £1.4m to 12,176 of its workers. It was ordered to repay
A group of refuse collectors have won an overtime claim that could have an impact on employers across the UK. The workers were employed in the Bromley and Camden council areas by the French owned company, Veolia Environmental Services. Their union, Unite, brought a test case relating to overtime payments. The Employment Tribunal found that
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a director was unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about company practices in a whistleblowing case. The director worked for a firm of estate agents. He alleged that the employer was manipulating the accounts to reduce the level of commission payable. He claimed that it affected 100 senior managers’
Claims by employees of wrongful dismissal and victimisation should be taken seriously but that did not mean that tribunals should be afraid to throw out unworthy claims without having to go to a full hearing. That was the advice from the Court of Appeal in a case involving British Airways and one of its ground
A company has been granted the right to examine a former employee’s computer and electronic devices after he admitted taking a copy of its list of clients. The employee had been the managing director of the company, which specialised in maritime insurance claims. The company’s case was that he had asked his assistant via email
A disabled employee who reduced his hours from full-time to part-time before taking ill health retirement was not treated unfavourably in the calculation of his pension rights. That was the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of man who retired at the age of 37 after longstanding medical issues. The court heard
A senior executive has failed to avoid garden leave by claiming his company was subject to a TUPE takeover after he resigned. Dean Berry resigned from ICAP Management Services Ltd to join a competitor, BGB Services (Holdings) LLP. ICAP put him on garden leave until the end of his notice period. ICAP was then taken
Parents who suffer the death of a child would receive statutory paid leave to grieve, under a proposed new law being supported by the government. Currently there is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid leave for grieving parents. The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill seeks to ensure grieving parents receive paid leave