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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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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The Guardian newspaper has found that nearly 2,700 prison staff in England and Wales were disciplined between 2013 and 2018. Data from a Freedom of Information request revealed that more than a third of prison …
The whistleblowing charity Protect has criticised the government consultation on the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA) describing the proposals as making only a “small dent” in current practices when concluding settlement agreements. The proposals also …
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Research by law firm Fox & Partners has discovered that employment tribunal claims for disability discrimination have risen 37% in the past year, eight times faster than growth in all claims. 6,550 claims were made …
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The Health Secretary has said that so-called ‘gagging orders’ for whistleblowers should be banished from the NHS, in the hope that staff would thereby “put their head above the parapet”. Matt Hancock said he wanted …
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