In Tesco Stores Ltd v Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others, the Supreme Court held that there was an implied term in the employment contracts that prevented Tesco from exercising its right to terminate them for the sole purpose of removing the entitlement to enhanced pay.
In Thandi and others v Next Retail Ltd and another, an employment tribunal upheld the equal pay claims of retail consultants based in Next stores who undertook work of equal value to the retailer's warehouse operatives, but received less basic pay.
In Johnston v Department of Finance, an industrial tribunal in Northern Ireland found that an employer's refusal to provide an alternative "word-light" numeracy test for a dyslexic candidate, was a failure to make reasonable adjustments.
We look at four employment law cases where the employee was successful and the tribunal ordered the employer to pay substantial compensation in three of them.
In Valimulla v Al-Khair Foundation, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a redundancy dismissal was unfair because consultation took place after the decision had already been made to have a redundancy pool of one.
In Taneja v Phoenix Whirlpools Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the employer had subjected a sales manager to harassment related to his race when the new sales director got his name wrong on four occasions during a "toxic" car journey.
In Groom v Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a volunteer coastal rescue officer was a worker when he attended activities that had the promise of remuneration.
We look at four employment tribunal cases where employees were dismissed for misconduct after what they claimed to be mistakes, some serious and some seemingly minor. The cases include two where the employees' conduct meant they were not awarded compensation, despite the dismissals being procedurally unfair.
In Wright-Turner v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and another, the employment tribunal held that a senior council officer's dismissal while on sick leave, with no warning, fair procedure or opportunity to appeal, was unlawful disability discrimination.
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