Case law updates

Case law updates

Prison Officer unfairly dismissed following campaign of victimisation

A tribunal has ruled that a bisexual prison officer who suffered a “campaign of direct discrimination and harassment” was unfairly dismissed. Ben Plaistow, who worked at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes from 2014 to 2016, …

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Tribunal condemns failure of procedure in whistleblower’s dismissal

The former CEO of a medical staffing agency who was dismissed after raising concerns over financial discrepancies and tax avoidance has been awarded £60,000 by an employment tribunal, in compensation for unfair dismissal and injury …

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Failure to investigate properly leads to unfair dismissal ruling

An Employment Tribunal has ruled that a hospital security officer was unfairly dismissed. After lodging a grievance his employer failed to properly investigate the issues he had raised. Mr Brough began work at Sheffield Teaching …

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NHS Trust guilty of race discrimination due to “fundamentally flawed” investigation

A Tribunal has judged that a former NHS trust manager was unfairly dismissed and suffered race discrimination because the investigation into the incident was “fundamentally flawed”. Richard Hastings, an IT manager at King’s College NHS …

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EAT upholds employer’s right to withhold “immaterial” evidence

The EAT has supported the view of the Tribunal in Hargreaves v Manchester Grammar that a dismissal for violent behaviour towards a pupil was fair. Mr Hargreaves had appealed to the EAT, contending that the …

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HMRC failed to properly investigate racist remark

A Tribunal has found that an HMRC employee who felt unable to return to work after a contractor shouted a racist remark at him in a corridor was the victim of racial discrimination. The HMRC …

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