A trader has been disqualified from being a company director for six years after he employed illegal workers. An investigation by the Insolvency Service found that he had employed three people at his supermarket even though they were not entitled to work in the UK. The supermarket went into liquidation on 12 November 2014, owing
A company that sacked one employee involved in a fracas but only gave his opponent a written warning was entitled to treat them differently, according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The case involved two employees who attended a corporate social event and were told that they would need to maintain a good standard of behaviour.
A firm of insurance brokers has successfully taken legal action to prevent a rival business from recruiting its staff. An interim injunction was granted to give the brokers more time to gather evidence that the rival had acted unlawfully. The court heard that the brokers had lost 30 employees including senior managers from the fine
The average pay gap between men and women has remained static over the last year at 19.2%, prompting ministers to call on employers to implement change. The latest figures show the pay gap is the highest in the South East at 22% and lowest in London at 16.3%. The Minister for Women and Equalities, Nicky
A teacher who claimed she was forced out of her job because she had reached the top of her salary scale and become too expensive has won her claim of unfair dismissal. The teacher told the Employment Tribunal that after she had entered a high salary band due to her length of service, she was
A sub-contractor has won its appeal that workers who were temporarily laid off while employed on a building project should still qualify to be transferred to a new firm under TUPE regulations. The sub-contractor had been engaged by a construction company to work on a large contract. It assigned a number of workers to carry
A total of 115 employers, including high profile companies like Monsoon Accessorize, have been named and shamed for failing to pay some of their employees the National Minimum Wage. The companies spanned several sectors including hairdressing, retail, education, catering and social care. Between them they underpaid their workers by a total of £389,000. Monsoon headed
The government has announced the latest measures in its campaign to eradicate the gender pay gap within a generation and to provide more opportunities in the workplace for women and ethnic minorities. Legislation to prevent discrimination and promote equality has been in place for more 40 years but women still earn less on average than
A woman who was brought over from India to work in Britain for as little as 11p an hour has been awarded £184,000. It’s thought to be the first successful case in the UK involving “low caste” discrimination. Permila Tirkey and her family are Adivasi people from Bihar, one of India’s poorest states. They are
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that if employees don’t have a fixed place of work then the time they spend travelling from home to their first job of the day should be classed as work time. The same principle applies to the time spent travelling back home after the last job of