The High Court has ruled that the owner of a property was liable for council tax after the tenant renting it fled suddenly. At the end of 2016, there was a fire at the premises and it was discovered that it had been used for producing large quantities of cannabis. The tenant disappeared, having not
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.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced increases to the minimum wage rates. During his Budget speech, Mr Hammond said the National Living Wage will rise by 4.9%, from £7.83 to £8.21 from next April. This amounts to a £690 annual pay increase for a full-time worker. These are the increases recommended by the Low Pay Commission
A landlord has succeeded in legal action to prevent a leaseholder letting out his flat on short-term lets using websites such as Airbnb. The landlord was the freeholder of a building which had been converted into flats. Many of the flats had been sub-let by the leaseholders on assured shorthold tenancies, usually for a minimum
A director has been held personally liable to pay the full market value of products that had been supplied to her company shortly before it went into liquidation. The claim against the director arose from her company’s failure to pay for a cargo of sunflower oil sold to it by a supplier in October 2012.