by Anna Denton | Sep 15, 2020 | Constructive dismissal, redundancy, Unfair dismissal
It might be unusual for an employee to do this because they will potentially miss out on redundancy pay and have to bring an Employment Tribunal claim in order to obtain their notice pay as well but can an employee resign during a redundancy exercise and claim...
by Anna Denton | Oct 31, 2019 | Indirect sex discrimination, Part-time working, Unfair dismissal
A recent case in the Sheffield Employment Tribunal resulted in a finding of Unfair Dismissal and Indirect Sex Discrimination against Capita Customer Management Services. They had inherited an employee via a TUPE transfer. She had service going...
by Anna Denton | Jul 14, 2016 | ACAS Code, Unfair dismissal
You’re probably clear that the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance matters clearly applies when dealing with staff complaints and conduct related disciplinary matters but does it apply in other circumstances? The reason why this is an important...
by Anna Denton | Apr 7, 2016 | Absence management, Disability, Unfair dismissal
In this video Anna explores what to do where an employee is off sick and the employer has reason to believe that what they are claiming in relation to their ill-health may not be true – hear what happened in a recent case when the employer had this situation...
by Anna Denton | Jan 13, 2016 | Articles, Unfair dismissal
Football clubs always seem to generate ‘juicy’ employment cases. Recently there has been a case involving Sunderland Association Football Club where the Club’s International and National Marketing Director, a Mr Farnan, was suspended by the Club....
by Anna Denton | Aug 13, 2015 | Articles, Unfair dismissal
The recent case of The British Waterways Board -v- Smith that went to the Employment Appeal Tribunal illustrates the relevant issues in relation to that question. In that case the employee, who had over 7 years’ service, worked on a rota pattern which involved one...