Dismissal

New and updated

• Date:

  27 June 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Unfair dismissal claims - recent tribunal cases

  It is critical for employers to follow a fair procedure before dismissing an employee. Here, Fiona Cuming, senior employment law editor at XpertHR, discusses a series of recent employment tribunal decisions where unfair dismissal claims proved successful because of procedural mistakes made by the employer during the disciplinary process.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Whistleblowing: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the employee succeeded in their whistleblowing claim.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Constructive dismissal tribunal round-up: Express and implied breaches

  We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the unfair constructive dismissal claim was successful because of mistakes made by the employer that breached the employment contract expressly or impliedly.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disciplinary procedures and unfair dismissal: Tribunal round-up

  We look at four recent employment tribunal decisions where the unfair dismissal claim was successful because of procedural mistakes made by the employer during the disciplinary process.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Age discrimination: Case law round-up

  We look at four cases in which dismissals of employees in their 50s or 60s were found to amount to direct age discrimination, including two where redundancies were rushed through to avoid enhanced pension payments.

• Date:

  24 March 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  April 2023 employment law changes: Four tasks for HR

  HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2023. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay.

• Date:

  6 March 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: How to manage restructuring and redundancy in 2023

  The current economic climate is forcing businesses to make difficult decisions as they grapple with high inflation, a deflated economy and an increasing financial burden. Luke Bowery offers an overview of the legal framework and considers alternatives to redundancy.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Dismissal for offensive tweets was unfair but compensation reduced by 100%

  In Weller v First MTR South Western Trains Ltd, an employment tribunal found that the dismissal of a train driver for offensive Twitter posts was unfair but declined to award any compensation.

• Date:

  17 January 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Key employment cases of 2022/2023

  We reflect on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge in 2023. These include cases on: gender identity, holiday pay, coronavirus-related health and safety cases, industrial action, and dismissal and re-engagement.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Adjustments should have been made to redundancy selection process

  In Jandu v Marks and Spencer plc ET/2200275/21, an employment tribunal held that the retailer had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments by failing to discount any disability-related effects when assessing the employee against the redundancy selection criteria.