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  • Date:
    6 March 2007
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Craigie v London Borough of Haringey

    In Craigie v London Borough of Haringey EAT/0556/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered when a contract of employment can be implied between an agency worker and an end user.

  • Date:
    16 February 2007
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Fowler v London Borough of Waltham Forest

    In Fowler v London Borough of Waltham Forest EAT/0116/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has reiterated that the duty to make reasonable adjustments for the disabled does not normally include giving full pay to an individual during sickness absence.

  • Date:
    31 December 2004
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Griffiths and another v Salisbury District Council

    In Griffiths and another v Salisbury District Council [2004] All ER (D) 104 (Feb) CA, the Court of Appeal held that the Implementation Agreement reached as part of the establishment of the new national agreement setting up the National Joint Council for Local Government Services formed part of the contracts of employment of the council's employees. The results of a regrading exercise that was carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Implementation Agreement were therefore incorporated into the employees' contracts of employment as legally binding terms.

  • Date:
    31 December 2003
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    London Borough of Southwark v Ayton

    In London Borough of Southwark v Ayton EAT/515/03, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld an employment tribunal's reasoning in finding victimisation and its recommendation that the respondent should arrange training in respect of racial awareness for the person held to have victimised the claimant, but remitted the claim to the employment tribunal to consider whether the allegation made by the claimant was false and not made in good faith.

  • Date:
    31 December 2002
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Ngengfack v London Borough of Southwark

    In Ngengfack v London Borough of Southwark [2002] EWCA Civ 711 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employee who had been seen working in the hairdressing salon that she owned while on sick leave from her teaching job had been fairly dismissed.

  • Date:
    31 December 2001
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Scott v London Borough of Hillingdon

    In Scott v London Borough of Hillingdon [2001] EWCA Civ 2005 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employment tribunal was wrong to infer knowledge of a protected act on the part of three councillors who had decided not to offer a job to the claimant, and therefore to find victimisation, since knowledge on the part of the alleged discriminator of the protected act is a pre-condition to a finding of victimisation.

  • Date:
    31 December 2001
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Lovett v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

    In Lovett v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council [2001] EWCA Civ 12 CA, the Court of Appeal held that a clause that had been incorporated into an employee's written statement of employment particulars did not form part of his contract of employment because he had not agreed to it.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Hallam and another v Cheltenham Borough Council and others

    In Hallam and another v Cheltenham Borough Council and others [2001] IRLR 312 HL, the House of Lords held that in order for there to be liability for knowingly aiding discrimination under the Race Relations Act 1976, section 33(1) there must be "more than a general attitude of helpfulness and co-operation".

  • Date:
    1 January 2001
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Macfarlane and another v Glasgow City Council

    In Macfarlane and another v Glasgow City Council [2001] IRLR 7 EAT, the EAT held that, despite a clause in the worker's contract expressly entitling the worker to substitute a replacement to do the work if unable to attend work, the worker was deemed to be an employee rather than a sub-contractor.

  • Date:
    31 December 1999
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Duncanson v South Ayrshire Council

    In Duncanson v South Ayrshire Council [1999] SLT S19 CS, the Court of Session held that a steel cabinet within a nursery was work equipment for the purposes of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992.

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