Tribunal Tale – Stefanko and others v Maritime Hotel Limited
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Most of us are likely to have seen a contract of employment at one point, either as the employer issuing the contract or the employee being asked to sign it. This is often an agreement between employer and employee… Tribunal Tale – Ball v First Essex Buses Ltd
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Many employers in sectors that involve driving, using machinery or are otherwise safety-critical operate alcohol and drug testing to ensure that their employees are working safely.
Some opt for ‘random’ testing, which involves selecting a number of employees on… Tribunal Tale – Jayeola v HMRC
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Dealing with an allegation of race discrimination should be relatively straightforward in most cases. The employer should investigate the issue to determine whether there is a disciplinary case to answer. If so, and the allegation is established at a… Tribunal Tale – Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants
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Vicarious liability is a legal concept that involves one person being held responsible for the acts of another person. In employment law, this most often involves an employer being held liable for an act committed by one of its… Tribunal Tale – Patel v Department for Work and Pensions
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Conduct is a potentially fair reason for dismissal (the others being capability, breach of statute, redundancy and ‘some other substantial reason’). We refer to it being a ‘potentially’ fair reason because, even with evidence of serious misconduct, an employer… Tribunal Tale – Talon Engineering v Smith
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It has long been the case that employees who are the subject of disciplinary proceedings are entitled to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing by a trade union representative (even if no trade union is recognised) or a colleague.… Tribunal Tale – Ali v Torrosian & Others and DL Insurance Services v O’Connor
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As we have written about previously, there is a range of legal protections in place for employees with disabilities. Indeed, there are two forms of discrimination that apply to only disability and not to other protected characteristics, namely a… Tribunal Tale – Really Easy Car Credit Limited v Thompson
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Employees who are pregnant or on maternity leave have a number of protections under employment law. One of the most basic is that it is unlawful to dismiss an employee where the reason (or primary reason) for doing so… Tribunal Tale – Afzal v East London Pizza Limited t/a Dominos Pizza
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It is (we hope) common knowledge that individuals must be eligible to work in the UK before they can be employed, and that employers must take steps to satisfy themselves of such eligibility in order to have a statutory… Tribunal Tale – Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust v Drzymala
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Fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are a common feature of the modern workplace. In some cases, employers like to ‘test the water’ by offering employment for a finite term to determine whether the employee is suitable. In other cases, a FTC…