The Supreme Court’s ruling that Tribunal fees are unlawful has caused much speculation about possible impact, although whether the more eye-catching forecasts of a “tsunami of claims” will happen remains to be seen. Here, B3sixty …
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A YouGov survey of 800 HR decision-makers, carried out on behalf of the charity Young Women’s Trust, has found that 12 per cent of those working for large employers knew sexual harassment in their companies …
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Accountancy firm RSM has reported that businesses lost more than £40m over the past year due to employee fraud. Using a freedom of information request, they found that employers had reported more than 800 incidences …
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that a worker had his rights breached when his private emails were monitored by his employer without his knowledge. Romanian national Bogdan Bărbulescu was employed as …
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In Agoreyo v London Borough of Lambeth a teacher was suspended because of the force she allegedly used on two children. She was not asked for her response to the allegations and there was no …
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An Employment Tribunal has ruled against an employer for dismissing an employee who had recommended another retailer’s discounted product to his girlfriend on social media. Michael Hayward had worked for Noel Chadwick, a Butcher’s in …
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