An employer has been ordered to pay a former employee an eye-watering £346,000 after it gave her a highly dangerous ultimatum. What did it do wrong and how should it have approached the matter?
Published 15.03.2017
You’ve already told an employee not to do something as you find it unacceptable. A few months on and they’ve done it again! Enough is enough and you want them out. But can you take their earlier
misconduct into account?
Published 03.11.2010
Quite often, when an employee is informed that they are to be made the subject of disciplinary proceedings their reaction will be to resign. In this situation should you continue with your
disciplinary procedure?
Published 11.02.2014
Following a ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal, it’s been suggested that employers should never write to employees who are off sick as this can entitle them to resign and claim constructive
dismissal. Is this really true?
Published 10.05.2016
A black employee who claimed that she had been offended when a colleague used the term “whiter than white” has lost her claim for race discrimination at the tribunal. Why did the tribunal reach this
decision?
Published 27.06.2023
A black employee who claimed that a manager’s use of the phrase “cracking the whip” amounted to discrimination, has lost her claim at the tribunal. However, the employer came unstuck elsewhere. What
do you need to know?
Published 03.06.2020
You know that if an employee’s “forced” to resign due to their employer’s behaviour/conduct, they can bring a constructive dismissal claim. But what if the “boss” isn’t really the employer?
Published 29.11.2007
A Polish employee, who was told by her employer not to speak using her first language, has just been awarded £7,000 by the tribunal. Does this ruling mean you can’t insist on English-only in your
workplace?
Published 19.11.2013
An employee who overheard her manager saying to a colleague that her dismissal was “a work in progress” has won her constructive dismissal claim. Why are comments like this dangerous?
Published 02.07.2018
A disabled employee has successfully claimed discrimination after her employer failed to provide her with adequate toilet access. This case highlights two important points, so what do you need to
know?
Published 05.06.2014