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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 24 August 2010
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- Employment law cases
In R (on the application of Kirk) v Middlesbrough Council and another [2010] IRLR 699 HC, the High Court held that a social worker accused of withholding information about a child protection investigation, of which she was the subject, from her private sector employer was not entitled to legal representation at a disciplinary hearing.
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- Employment law cases
Employers that indulge potentially discriminatory office "banter" may end up liable, as this case demonstrates.
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- Employment law cases
A 62-year-old worker who was made redundant was awarded over £27,000 for age discrimination and unfair dismissal, in a stark warning for employers that allow their redundancy selection procedure to be tainted by age bias.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Fair Employment Tribunal in Northern Ireland has awarded a Protestant teacher who was made redundant £8,250 for religious discrimination.
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- Date:
- 9 August 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, on the facts of the case, an employer did not commit sex discrimination against an employee on maternity leave when an administrative error meant that she was not informed of a job vacancy.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal ruling provides a useful example for line managers and staff of the wide variety of conduct that can amount to sexual harassment.
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- Employment law cases
The Fair Employment Tribunal in Northern Ireland has found that a small business owner committed age discrimination against an employee after she refused to enter into a joint arrangement with him relating to the purchase of land.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
Ceri Hughes, David Parry, and Carly Mather, associates at Addleshaw Goddard, detail the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 28 July 2010
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ B1, the Court of Appeal refused a Christian relationship counsellor leave to appeal against a finding that his dismissal for refusing to counsel same-sex couples on sexual matters did not constitute religious discrimination.