A dinner lady who used a Council’s whistleblowing hotline to report her concerns about school kitchen practices has won her constructive unfair dismissal claim at Tribunal. Neydi Vasconcelos worked as a part-time dinner lady at …
The first official analysis of the level of claims for Employment Tribunal fee refunds suggests uptake has been slow. Between October and December 2017 the Ministry of Justice received more than 4,500 applications for tribunal fee …
The European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) has ruled that video surveillance of lecture halls where professors worked violated their right to privacy, continuing a trend in case law that video surveillance is an intrusion …
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In the case of Sekander v RocketMill an ET has ruled that a web designer dismissed for gross misconduct on the grounds of significant financial loss and the misuse of a workplace email server during …
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In a case concerning a Mr Graham, a sales director for Agilitas IT Solutions, the EAT has ruled that employers cannot selectively use parts of ‘without prejudice’ conversations to bring action against their staff unless …
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In International Petroleum Limited and others v Osipov and others, the EAT found that two non-executive directors were jointly and severally liable with the employer company for £1.7m of compensation awarded to a whistleblower in respect of his …
