A dealer at a casino has won her claim of race discrimination after her employer allowed customers to request that they only be served by white staff. The dealer, Ms Tesfagiorgis, was a black British national. She had worked for Aspinalls Club Ltd for 13 years at its casino in Mayfair, London. The casino’s patrons
A dealer at a casino has won her claim of race discrimination after her employer allowed customers to request that they only be served by white staff. The dealer, Ms Tesfagiorgis, was a black British national. She had worked for Aspinalls Club Ltd for 13 years at its casino in Mayfair, London. The casino’s patrons
A university lecturer was unfairly dismissed after she was accused of being ‘unnaturally loud’. The case involved Dr Annette Plaut, who was an experimental physics lecturer at the university of Exeter until she was fired in 2019. She had been at the university since 1990. Her style involved leading many heated discussions which included expressive
Covid has impacted working life in the UK more than any other event in recent memory. The application of restrictions regarding how employees perform their duties have fluctuated over the last 20 months. In order to accommodate the changing nature of the workplace restrictions and also to try and protect employees from exposure to Covid,
Dismiss and re-engage, or fire and rehire, has been a practice for decades but recently has been receiving coverage in the press as a result of its use by high profile companies such as BA and British Gas, who have seen the coronavirus pandemic having a dramatic impact on their cash flow. An employer who
A 14-year-old who was dismissed for being too young to cope with the ‘severity’ of her job has won her claim of age discrimination. The case involved Miss H Cassidy, who had a Saturday job at Daimler Foundation’s café. Her duties included serving customers, working the till and cleaning. After her first shift, which was
An employee at a biscuit factory who threatened a colleague while in a diabetic rage has won his claim of unfair dismissal. Mr Dytkowski began working for Brand FB’s biscuit factory in 2009. He was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes in March 2018, which he described as a “difficult diagnosis to accept and manage”. Occupational Health
A mother who was dismissed during her maternity leave while the ownership of her company changed hands has won her discrimination claim. Mrs Rodin worked for HR company DMS1 and went on maternity leave in June 2017. During her absence, the company underwent a change in ownership, with Dhillons Management Services taking over, although this
A veterinary assistant was unfairly dismissed after she challenged her employer’s view that the coronavirus pandemic had been ‘hyped up’. The case involved Charlotte Rendina who worked at Royston Veterinary Centre from January to March 2020. She was dismissed by her employer, Dr White, due to her ‘poor performance’. However, the Employment Tribunal heard that
An employment tribunal had been wrong to hold that an employee’s alleged menopausal symptoms did not amount to a disability for the purposes of a discrimination claim. That was the ruling of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in a case involving Leicester City Council and one of its childcare social workers, Ms Rooney. Rooney had
When an employer is faced with an employment tribunal claim, the first reaction is to defend the claim as many employers feel personally attacked, and will not want to reward an ex-employee for what the employer sees as undeserved. However, before making the decision as to whether or not to fight a claim, it is