-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An industrial tribunal erred in finding that there had been direct racial discrimination in the absence of a finding that the reason for the treatment complained of was race-based, rules the Court of Appeal in Barclays Bank plc v Kapur and others (No.2).
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Rejecting a s. 41 defence, a Bury St Edmunds industrial tribunal (Chair: J Barnes) in York v Olan Mills Incorporated rules that the dismissal of a US citizen working for a US company in the UK when she refused to relocate back to the USA was unlawful race discrimination. Finding that the employee was also unfairly dismissed, the tribunal awarded compensation totalling almost £22,000.
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Rejecting the defence that being a woman was a "personal services" genuine occupational qualification for the post, a Nottingham industrial tribunal (Chair: D R Sneath) in Moult v Nottinghamshire County Council rules that it was unlawful to refuse an application from a man for a teaching post on women-only courses run by an all-women organisation.
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The right to a review of a decision of the General Medical Council is a proceeding "in the nature of an appeal" such as to preclude a complaint of race discrimination from being brought before an industrial tribunal, the Court of Appeal has ruled in Khan v General Medical Council.
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employer has an obligation to provide an environment free of sexual harassment and a system whereby an employee can complain of behaviour which is unwanted, offensive and humiliating, says a Manchester industrial tribunal (Chair: J Corcoran) in Dillon v Outline Engraving Co Ltd.
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A young cricketer who, when using his own name, was refused a trial with Durham County Cricket Club but was not refused when he used an anglicised name, was not discriminated against on grounds of race, rules a Newcastle-upon-Tyne industrial tribunal (Chair: J D Myers) in Yaqub v Durham County Cricket Club. The two letters requesting a trial, were "dissimilar", said the tribunal, and "required different and distinct answers".
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Deb-Gupta v The Board of Governors Beech Hill Infant School and Bedfordshire County Council a Bedford industrial tribunal rules that an Asian teacher who was unsuccessful in her application for promotion in a predominantly Asian school, despite having greater experience of multi-cultural education and in acting-up in senior positions than the successful white candidate, was unlawfully discriminated against.
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
A black trainee solicitor who was dismissed when she failed her Law Society finals was unlawfully discriminated against on grounds of race, rules a Leicester industrial tribunal (Chair: P D Williams) in Lindsay v Ironsides Ray & Vials.
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The European Court of Justice has handed down its rulings in six cases on issues relating to sex equality and occupational pension schemes in light of the decision in Barber v Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group EOR32A.
-
- Date:
- 1 December 1994
- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employer who told the Employment Service that he wanted job vacancies to be filled by women "because of their nimble fingers", did not attempt to procure an unlawful act, according to a Birmingham industrial tribunal (Chair: A C Tickle) in Equal Opportunities Commission v (1) Storey and Bloor (2) JES Manufacturing Co.