Employment disputes
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has dropped its case against Jennifer Melle, the nurse suspended for talking to the media about how her NHS trust treated her after she misgendered a trans patient. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust confidentially settled its high-profile tribunal case with Melle in April, just before an employment tribunal case was to be heard.
Nine out of 10 HR professionals (92%) say they have had no contact with the new Fair Work Agency and 40% are unaware of its remit and what it is supposed to be doing, research has argued. The poll of 140 senior HR professionals by Occupational Health Assessment Limited found a worrying lack of awareness and understanding of the agency, the new workplace watchdog launched in the wake of the Employment Rights Act.
A supermarket worker who has ADHD was unfairly dismissed and subjected to unfavourable treatment due to his disability, a tribunal has ruled.
The window for entering early conciliation with Acas will be doubled from six to 12 weeks from next month.
Matthew Taylor has been appointed to lead the Fair Work Agency, the new body created from reforms in the Employment Rights Bill designed to protect workers from employers who flout minimum wage and other labour laws.
A shift leader who worked at JD Wetherspoon for 22 years has won his claim for unfair dismissal after he was sacked without notice for mistakenly giving 50% staff discount to a colleague.
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.
An amendment paper on the Employment Rights Bill has been published by the House of Commons, including a new clause extending the limitation for bringing a tribunal claim from three months to six.
The backlog of employment tribunal cases continues to grow, with more than 50,000 cases awaiting a hearing or decision at the end of last year, figures show.
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