How likely is it that an employee who leaves the workplace having suffered ill health as a result of stress can bring a claim against their employer?
I often hear from employers who are very worried about an employee and the risks of them bringing some sort of complaint connected with stress that they say they have suffered in the workplace. The recent case of Easton v B&Q PLC in the High Court illustrates my...Football always throws up interesting cases
Now I’m no fan of football – in fact, I’d go as far as to say I have an irrational hatred of the sport – but I do have to concede that football tends to throw up interesting cases. Recently Leeds United Football Club were in the High Court in relation to...The interaction between constructive dismissal and sickness
We’ve probably all come across situations where an employee has gone off work with symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression but subsequently alleges that they have been unfairly treated by management and/or colleagues. Such correspondence might include the...Worrying case in respect of mental illness
I would imagine that a case involving an employee suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who stopped taking his medication and sexually assaulted female colleagues would rank high up there on HR’s list of nightmare scenarios. This was a scenario that Aviva faced...Why it is important to get investigations right
A few months ago I gave some free advice to a friend’s husband who was facing a disciplinary investigation. Yesterday I got a message of thanks to say that he had been completely vindicated and that all disciplinary charges were going to be dropped. I was...
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