The number of outstanding employment tribunal cases has reached its highest level since the scrapping of tribunal fees in July 2017. The number is likely to rise further given the pressures on the system, according …
The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) is partnering the Centre for Mental Health to carry out research about bullying in the charity sector. The project, Leading safe cultures: eliminating workplace bullying in charity …
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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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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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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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The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has put his weight behind the call for greater support to NHS whistleblowers in an effort to foster greater trust in the health service. Speaking to the Royal Society of …
