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Sikh policeman wins discrimination case at Manchester employment tribunal
A Sikh policeman told to remove his turban so he could wear a helmet for riot training has won £10,000 compensation from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) after an employment tribunal ruled that he had been subject to indirect racial and religious discrimination and harassment. A practising...
Social worker reinstated after employment tribunal hearing
A social worker has been restored to the Register of Social Care Workers in Wales after she won an employment tribunal appeal against the dismissal action which followed her involvement in the case of a 13-month-old boy who was murdered by his mother's boyfriend. Eleni Cordingley had been...
Employment law costs North West businesses £300m a year
Company bosses in the North West spend almost £300m a year dealing with employment law, new figures have revealed. According to the Forum for Private Business (FPB), the region's firms face the third highest bill in the country - £272m - dealing with issues such as dismissal and...
Court of Appeal overturns TUPE employment tribunal ruling
The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling made by an employment tribunal last year, which experts say could have led to a surge in the number of pre-pack administration sales, although it has not definitively ruled out the application of Regulation 8(7) of TUPE in instances of...
Employment tribunal solicitor suggests failure to apply equality policy
The employment tribunal solicitor who recently secured a wrongful dismissal payment from Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) has suggested that the retailer is failing to operate its own policies. Last week his client, Riam Dean, was awarded more than £9,000 in respect of injury to her...
Sikh officer's racial discrimination claim partly upheld by tribunal
A Sikh police officer's claim for religious and racial discrimination has been partially successful, making her likely to receive a five-figure sum in compensation from the Metropolitan Police Force. An employment tribunal rejected the police force's assertion that Amandeep Kaur Grewal's...
Employment tribunal claim funding may be affected by Coroners and Justice Bill
Plans under the Coroners and Justice Bill to control contingency fee arrangements in employment tribunal claims were revealed last week. Although most press reports have focused on the assisted suicide aspect of the bill, proposals that affect UK employment lawyers include a cap on the...
