Revised compensation payments come into force on 6th April 2017. The maximum weekly pay for calculating the unfair dismissal basic award and statutory redundancy pay increases from £479 to £489, and the unfair dismissal compensatory …
In City of York v Grosset, in upholding an earlier Tribunal decision, the EAT has emphasised the importance of a proportionate response before disabled employees are dismissed. Grosset was Head of English at a secondary …
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The government’s long awaited review of Employment Tribunal fees has now been published. There is no plan to reduce fee levels or to increase the disposable capital threshold for fee remission. The changes proposed are therefore …
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In Herry v Dudley Council the Tribunal dealt with the question of whether long term stress counts as disability for the purposes of the Equality Act. Herry claimed to be disabled by virtue of workplace …
A report from the University of Manchester Equality, Diversity and Racism in the Workplace: A Qualitative Analysis of the 2015 Race at Work Survey has looked more closely at the data in the 2015 Race at Work survey, …
Read more about Workplace racism – report digs deeper into reasons
In Stratford v Auto Trail VR the EAT decided that it was fair to take into account previous misconduct by an employee even though it was the subject of expired warnings. Stratford was dismissed for …
Read more about Expired warnings can be used – exceptionally
