A woman has failed with a claim of constructive unfair dismissal after she resigned following a disagreement about the lawfulness of a redundancy selection process. The woman worked as a human resources manager for a graphics company. She was ordered to complete a redundancy selection process by her superiors. She believed that the members of
A manager has lost a bullying and harassment claim after the High Court ruled that he could not be classed as an employee and so the company he worked for did not owe him a duty of care. The case involved a manager who operated a number of petrol stations under a retail business agreement
An employer has won an appeal against a tribunal’s decision that an employee could be classified as disabled during two periods of sick leave. The case involved an employee who had two lengthy periods of absence from work; the first was for work-related stress and the second for a combination of migraines, headaches and stress.
The government has announced that a £2m fund is to be spent on initiatives aimed at reducing the gender pay gap. The funding will go towards training, events and monitoring programmes for women to help them move from low paid, low skilled work to jobs that are high paid and high skilled. The measures will
The government has set up a £2m scheme to help women into better-paid and higher-skilled jobs. There is a concern that despite more women being in work than ever before, some are still not being given the training or opportunities that are afforded to men in the same position. Closing the gender pay gap has
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a university was not negligent when it commenced disciplinary proceedings against a senior lecturer. The lecturer had written an employment reference for another employee who had gone on to find employment at another university. The employee didn’t perform as well in his new job as the employment reference
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has provided a ruling which offers some valuable guidance for employers taking on apprentices. Unless certain conditions are met, apprentices should be treated as fully fledged employees and paid accordingly. The case involved a riding school and livery business which took on a number of apprentices. They carried out tasks such
The national minimum wage has risen by 19p to £6.50 per hour as of 1 October 2014. The rate applies to anyone aged 21 or over. All other rates have also risen, with workers aged 18-20 now earning at least £5.13 per hour, workers aged 16-17 on at least £3.79 per hour and apprentices on
The level of compensation a victim receives for hurt feelings in employment disputes is to be raised by 10%. Earlier in the year, the Court of Appeal decided that there should be a 10% rise in the monetary value placed on a victim’s hurt feelings in civil cases. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed
Business secretary Vince Cable has launched a wide ranging employment review which could potentially benefit up to a million British workers. Many people on zero-hours contracts are on ‘worker’ employment contracts, as opposed to ‘employee’ contracts. That means they have fewer basic rights, such as maternity pay, the right to request flexible working hours or