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Case notes: latest law reports

Summaries of case law reports added to XpertHR in the past week.

  • Tribunal correct not to give compensatory award   In Assoukou and Select Services Partners Ltd and others EAT/0585/05, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employment tribunal was justified in not awarding a compensatory award in an unfair dismissal claim as the employee was prohibited from working due to immigration rules and he had taken no steps to mitigate his loss. (Personnel Today)

  • Pregnant employee not demoted on health and safety grounds   In New Southern Railway Ltd v Quinn EAT/0313/05, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that  an employer had not acted on the grounds of health and safety when it demoted a pregnant employee. (Personnel Today)

  • Part-timers could be doing 'same or broadly similar work' as comparators   In Matthews and others v Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority and others [2006] UKHL 8 HL, the House of Lords held that part-time fire-fighters could be employed on the 'same or broadly similar work' as their chosen full-time comparators under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000. (Personnel Today)

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