In MacLean v Menzies Distribution Ltd, an employment tribunal found that the employer's public "dressing-down" of an employee via email entitled the employee to resign and successfully claim constructive dismissal.
A model letter to inform an individual of a change to their written statement of terms and conditions. The individual must be informed in writing of the amendment to the written statement no later than one month after the change.
In Jagex Ltd v McCambridge, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employee had not acted in breach of contract or committed gross misconduct when he shared pay information with a colleague, after he found a document left on a printer containing the senior executive's salary.
In Retirement Security Ltd v Wilson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer's "flawed" disciplinary investigation entitled the claimant to resign and successfully claim constructive dismissal.
In Ward v Fiducia Comprehensive Financial Planning Ltd, an employment tribunal upheld a claim for constructive unfair dismissal, finding that the employer had put inappropriate and excessive pressure on the employee to agree to an extended restrictive covenant following his resignation.
Updated to include a reference to Shanks v Unilever plc and others, in which the Supreme Court considered an employee's entitlement to compensation for a patented invention made during the course of employment.
In Shanks v Unilever plc and others, the Supreme Court held that the employee was entitled to receive compensation for his invention because it had been of outstanding benefit to his employer.