Tribunal Tales – Drummond v HMRC
Mr Hamish Drummond became an employee of HMRC in 2002. In 2018 his position changed, and he was employed as a Compliance Worker in the Hidden Economy department. This role involved looking into companies that did not declare their whole… Tribunal Tales – Mr J Kovalkovs v 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd
Mr Kovalkovs, the Claimant, was a factory worker at a chicken processing company in Dundee. His Orthodox Christian faith meant that he always wore a crucifix necklace. The company had a foreign body control policy which only permitted employees to… Tribunal Tales – Walters v Active Learning Trust
Rev Keith Walters was employed as a caretaker at the Isle of Ely primary school. In June 2019 he tweeted a post reminding Christians that they should not attend or support any Pride events as they were contrary to the… Tribunal Tales – Finn v The British Bung Manufacturing Company Ltd
The Claimant in this case was an electrician who worked for the Respondent for 24 years. He was dismissed in May 2021. During his time at the British Bung Company he had a clean disciplinary record.
There were two instances… Tribunal Tales – Abdul Mohammad Basit v Education Partnership Trust
The Claimant had been a teacher since 2012 and worked for the Respondent since 1 September 2016 at Pleckgate High School. His duties included teaching maths to 11 to 16-year-olds, and specifically to class 9Q4, amongst others. This was a… Tribunal Tales – Gary Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Limited
Facts
The Claimant was engaged as a plumbing and heating engineer from 2005 to 2011. Since he was hired as an independent contractor, he was not entitled to paid holidays. The Claimant did take some unpaid leave. When the Claimant… Tribunal Tales – USDAW V Tesco
Between 2007 and 2009 Tesco was in the process of restructuring distribution centres. As part of negotiations with the USDAW union, the benefit of Retained Pay was offered to employees who were willing to relocate instead of being offered a… Tribunal Tales – C Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Limited
The Claimant was employed as a care assistant with the Respondent from December 2007. Her duties included attending to the personal care needs of the residents in the nursing home. The Respondent’s nursing home provides care for those suffering with… Tribunal Tales – Case to look out for in 2022
The Harpur Trust v Brazel
The Claimant was employed as a music teacher at a school part time. She had a zero hour contract and did not work every week. Her contracted holiday allowance was the equivalent of 5.6 weeks.… Tribunal Tales – Herring v Lovric & Son
The Claimant in this case was employed by the Respondent as a Sales Assistant in a motor garage. Part of her role involved lifting heavy bundles of newspapers and batches of two litre containers of milk.
On 8 January 2018…