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Gay employee wins discrimination and constructive dismissal claim
...is not enough for a company to refer to an aim to embrace diversity if a company implements this aim in a way that actually marginalises or treats gay people (or other minority groups) detrimentally.“This important judgment confirms that when resigning in response to discriminatory treatment, the employee only need show that discriminatory treatment was part of the reasons for their resignation as opposed to the only or the main reason. “The decision also serves as a stark warning to any employer who tolerates abuse and prejudice against gay staff or customers”. A spokeswoman for Realpubs sai...
Case | 13 Jan 2011
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Prospective employee wins first Northern Irish age discrimination case
A prospective employee who was asked age-related questions at an interview has won the first ever age discrimination case to be brought in Northern Ireland. Terence McCoy brought the age discrimination claim after being turned down for a job of salesman with Belfast timber firm James McGregor and Sons. An Employment Trib...
Case | 11 Jan 2008
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Employee wins compensation after being fired because of blog
...by networking website Viadeo found that employers are increasingly vetting their candidates online, looking at sites such as MySpace, Blogger and Facebook. A quarter of those employers questioned said that these searches, and the information they had thrown up, had led to rejection letters. Employee blogs, and the information they contain, is a growing issue for businesses. In January 2005, Waterstone’s hit the headlines after it sacked an employee who referred to his employers as “Bastardstones” and “Evil Boss” in a blog. To help limit the damage from employees blogging, employe...
Case | 29 Mar 2007
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Male employee wins sex discrimination case over spurious complaints
A fire-service controller has reached a settlement, believed to be £100,000, after winning his sex discrimination case, the Times reports. Over a period of three years a female colleague made 16 formal complaints against John Owers, a controller with Devon Fire and Rescue Service. These compl
Case | 27 Feb 2007
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Employee wins second discrimination claim after employer fails to honour agreement
An employee has received an undisclosed settlement from the Home Office after she took it to tribunal for reneging on an agreement, reached after an earlier claim, to let her work part-time. Prison worker Olubunmi Idowu-Ajeigbe was claiming £200,000 in damages after her employer failed to honour an agreem...
Case | 4 Jan 2007
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Two employees win a total of
Two employees have been awarded a combined total of £108,000 after claiming breach of contract, icWales has reported. Liz Williams was awarded a total of £56,000 while her partner, Nick Basford, was awarded £52,000. The awards follow a lengthy Employment Tribunal in which the couple dropped their ori...
Case | 28 Sep 2006
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Employee wins
Earlier this month an employee was awarded £140,000 compensation after her excessive workload, resulting from the need to cover for absent colleagues, made her ill, the Sunday Mirror has reported. The case emphasizes the importance of providing adequate support to staff, and especially those with a known vulnerability, when...
Case | 29 Aug 2006
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Employee wins
An employee, who was sacked after she went on sick leave due to work-related stress, has been awarded £14,800 after an Employment Tribunal found that she had been unfairly dismissed from her job as a rail worker. Sally Jenkins suffered panic attacks and depression after picking up a syringe on a Heathrow E...
Case | 4 Jul 2006
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Employee wins
The deputy head teacher of a cathedral school, who claimed she was bullied by the head, will more than likely be awarded the statutory maximum compensation of £56,000 after winning her case for constructive dismissal. As Workplace Law previously reported, Sue Preston told an employment tribunal t
Case | 12 Jun 2006
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Employee wins
An employee who suffered sexual harassment at a Coventry sports club has received a £57,000 payout. Sabjeet Boporan claimed she was harassed and discriminated against by her employers at the Jaguar Sports and Social Club. She accused former colleague John Woods of sexual harassment, claiming he told her s...
Case | 7 Jun 2006
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Employee wins landmark shift patterns indirect discrimination case
An employee has settled her landmark case against Scotland's largest police force after launching a sex discrimination claim in a dispute over shift patterns. Elizabeth Devine had challenged Strathclyde Joint Police Board's decision to change her shift pattern on the grounds that as a single parent she would...
Case | 28 Apr 2006
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Stressed employee wins
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has agreed to pay a former employee £138,000 in compensation for the stress he experienced while working at the Government department. Stephen Mellor who worked as a senior manager in what was HM Customs & Excise VAT office in Droitwich, claims he may never be able to work again because of the "mental harm" he experienced while wo...
Case | 13 Mar 2006
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‘Booze run’ employee wins unfair dismissal claim
...Discrimination Act 1995, and further that he had been unfairly dismissed as the employers Mars had not followed even the minimum statutory procedures. After receiving the ruling Mr Wilson's solicitor, Gerald Bloye, said: "I am delighted with the result. The case underlines the need to treat employees fairly and to comply with employment procedures.
Case | 10 Nov 2005
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Pregnant employee wins case against law firm
...he role of legal secretary in wills and probate. Five weeks later the company agreed she would move to the litigation department. On July 29 Ms Bilgin was off work for three and a half weeks after falling down a flight of stairs, during which time she discovered she was pregnant. She informed her employees she was pregnant on the 10th August. When she returned to work on the 31st, she was advised that the litigation position had been filled. Though there were two other posts vacant at the time Ms Bilgin was told that she would have to temp in another area until they could find somewhere for her. I...
Case | 20 Sep 2005
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Call centre employee wins flexible working case
...orked evening and weekend shifts, making it impossible for her to look after her son. Ms Clarke claimed she was forced to resign as a result. Jenny Watson, Acting Chair of the EOC, said: "The court's decision reinforces a simple and by now well-known fact. Employers need to make it easier for employees to combine work with their childcare commitments. By refusing Ms Clarke's request for flexible working, Telewest have lost a valuable employee with seven years of experience, and now face significant legal costs. " A survey carried out by the EOC on Evening and Weekend Working – 2000 and 2004...
Case | 23 Jun 2005
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Sex change employee wins discrimination claim
...and, an employment tribunal heard, was ignored for promotion five times. Director David Slack is reported to have said: "I don't like people like you." John Hollow, chairman of the Exeter panel, is quoted by The Mirror as saying: "They were permeated by a sense of dislike at dealing with an employee undergoing a gender reassignment."
Case | 14 Apr 2005
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Pregnant employee wins case against law firm
... to over 40, that's probably over 50% of all the working women in the country? How do you suppose employers are going to fill all their vacancies by employing no-one falling into this catagory? We have several call centres, and I would estimate this group of people account for about 80% of all our employees.
Comment | 21 Sep 2005
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Pregnant employee wins case against law firm
...nterpretation of the law would be second to none. The report of 27th July highlighted International Law Firm Herbert Smith falling foul of the law when dealing with a lady on maternity leave and now this company has likewise fallen foul of an employment tribunal over their dealings with a pregnant employee. Both cases demonstrated that the ladies concerned had been wrongly treated. I was vilified by two contributors to this forum for having the temerity to suggest that there would be a backlash by employers over issues of pregnancy and maternity leave which was costing them money and inconvenience -...
Comment | 21 Sep 2005
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Employee wins tribunal after shift work leaves him disabled
A tribunal has ruled that his employers discriminated against a factory worker who was left disabled after working night shifts, the Sunderland Echo has reported. Craig Routledge worked alternate day and night shifts for car parts manufacturer TRW Systems. The routine left him registered disable
Case | 25 Sep 2006
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Employee wins
A policewoman who claims she was forced out of her job after returning from maternity leave has won £93,000 in damages from her former employers. Michelle Butler claimed to have been subjected to sex discrimination by senior police officers in Hertfordshire police force when they refused to allow
Case | 28 Jun 2006
