You’ve lowered the rate of expenses an employee was eligible for. He wasn’t happy but carried on working anyway. Now, seven months later, he’s resigned and claimed for his unpaid expenses. What’s the
position?
Published 27.11.2008
An employer has been ordered to pay a former employee who resigned compensation totalling £49,000. This was all down to one fatal mistake. So what did it do that was wholly unacceptable?
Published 15.12.2014
When it comes to comments about age, there’s a fine line between harmless banter and discriminatory treatment. So what lessons can be learnt from a recent tribunal case in which the employee had been
described as “past it”?
Published 11.01.2012
A former employee claims you breached the implied term of trust and confidence. You want to show that it was their own behaviour that first caused the breach. Is this enough to defend a constructive
dismissal claim?
Published 18.09.2008
You know that if you fundamentally breach an employee’s contract, e.g. by cutting their pay, they can resign and claim constructive dismissal. However it’s possible that the dismissal is still fair.
How can this be?
Published 05.04.2007
For an employee to win a constructive dismissal claim, they must show that your behaviour breached the implied term of trust and confidence. But how quickly must they act? What does a new Employment
Appeal Tribunal case say?
Published 20.09.2007
An employee who was denied a phased return to work after having extensive surgery on both of her wrists has been awarded over £29,000 in compensation by the tribunal. What was the legal issue here?
Published 30.11.2023
An employee has been awarded £22,000 by the tribunal because his employer imposed a change to his working hours. Why was this such a costly error?
Published 10.10.2017
An employee claims that her manager’s aggressive tone amounts to sexual harassment. He says it’s simply “justifiable criticism” as she’s not pulling her weight. What is the tribunal likely to say?
Published 19.11.2010
An employee in his 50s, who was described as “being stuck in his ways” and asked to dress up as Santa, has lost his age discrimination claim. Does that mean that it’s OK to make age-related
references?
Published 23.04.2015