HR Articles

In Dahou v Serco Ltd, Mr Dahou alleged that he had not been dismissed for the gross misconduct alleged but due to his trade union activities.

In Broecker v Metroline Travel Limited, Mr Broecker was dismissed from his role as a bus driver for misconduct reasons.

In the recent EAT case of Sandle v Adecco UK Ltd, Mrs Sandle was an agency worker employed by Adecco and working on assignment at a third party.

BBC World Service Journalist Chandana Bandara was issued with a final written warning following his refusal to prioritise a news report on the birth of Prince George over one on the anniversary of ‘Black July’ (concerning the massacre of Tamils in Sri Lanka).

Judgment was given by the Supreme Court in Hayward v Zurich Insurance Company plc [2016] last week.

A doctor has reached a settlement with Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho (the Club’s former manager) after she brought claims for constructive dismissal and sex discrimination.

In the case of Gibbs v Leeds United Football Club, the High Court found that the Claimant, Mr Gibbs, had been constructively dismissed when he resigned in response to a demotion, even though he’d been in negotiations over his exit.

The Upper Tribunal, that deals with tax appeals, has upheld a decision that a settlement payment for injury to feelings made in connection with a termination of employment was taxable as a termination payment. The payment was made to settle all the taxpayer's claims against the employer including claims for unfair dismissal and age discrimination arising during the redundancy selection process. (Moorthy v HMRC [2016] UKUT 13 TCC (14 January 2016)