Case law updates

Case law updates

Investigation “lacking objectivity or rigour” leads to unfair dismissal outcome

A deputy care home manager accused of verbally abusing a vulnerable resident has won her case for unfair dismissal and awarded £11,000. Carol Streener (CS), a deputy manager who had worked for Barchester Healthcare at …

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Investigations must look at the wider picture when harassment and discrimination claims are considered

A Tribunal has awarded a crematorium worker £6,846 in compensation for religious discrimination and harassment after a colleague said white people “wouldn’t want to be buried next to a Muslim”. It ruled that an investigation …

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“Insufficient” investigation leads to UD award

A probation officer accused of developing an “abusive and controlling relationship” with a former offender has been awarded £57,500 for unfair and wrongful dismissal. Julia Hyland (JH), a probation officer at Cheshire & Greater Manchester …

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Tribunal criticises investigation into sexual harassment claim

An Employment Tribunal has found that a sales manager was sexually harassed by her managing director, having been asked multiple times for a massage and having been asked to sleep with him. Emma Woolf worked …

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“Show trial” process leads to large UD pay out

In the case of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) v Donald Nutt, a Tribunal has ordered SSE to pay £230,000 for unfair dismissal after it criticised a disciplinary process as “reminiscent of a show trial …

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“Deeply flawed” investigation contributes to successful race discrimination claim

A London Tribunal has awarded just over £16,000 to a trainee emergency call operator for race discrimination following an inadequate disciplinary process by his employer Partnership of East London Cooperatives (PELC). Jerry Ogbonna was suspended …

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