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Former court boss settles unfair dismissal claim
The former head of Sunderland Magistrates' Court has settled his unfair dismissal claim with the Ministry of Justice.Stephen Rowbottom was one of three court officers arrested as part of an investigation into fraud in the accounts, and suspended more than 18 months ago. Rowbottom had lodged a claim of unfair ...
Case | 17 Dec 2008
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It’s a WRAP
...optional extra." 36149 Power company to pay £500,000 following electrocution death EDF has been fined £300,000 with costs of £219,352.09 after an employee died while working at one of its Norfolk sites. Jonathan Crosby was in a cherry-picker five metres above ground, removing an electrical transformer from the top of a pole connected to overhead 8 power lines. The transformer made contact with live power resulting in Mr Crosby receiving a fatal electrical shock. The HSE investigation found that fuses supplying the transformer had not been removed to cut the electricity supply while it was lifte...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2011
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The world in your hands?
...loor. 25228 Sellafield fined £75,000 after contractors inhale radioactive dust Sellafield Ltd has been fined £75,000 after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law after two contractors inhaled radioactive contamination which was being removed from an area of concrete floor in a room formerly used to sort and monitor material contaminated with plutonium. A patch of concrete floor believed to be contaminated with radiation from spillage some years ago was being drilled prior to being removed. Two contractors were drilling an area of the floor, under Sellafield Ltd's supervision, ...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
... for the workplace. 10 LEGAL UPDATE Now the deadline for registration has passed, an update on the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme. 46 DIARy Coming soon from Workplace Law. teChniCaL 38 ThE DATA PREMISES MANAGEMENT: A recent prosecution sheds light on the cost of ignoring neighbours' rights. EAT: A former employer was held liable to pay damages after it gave the claimant a eMPLOyMent uPdate 13 NEWS Unions and employers clash over changes to industrial action law; and public sector warning on redundancies and contract changes. 24 ON ThE WORkPLACE LAW PATh With the recent move to a new HQ, it's been...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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Sweeping changes
...than £12,000. The Tribunal, having noted that the management of the Council believed refuse collection staff deserved special treatment, decided that the payments could not be justified since they had been paid to the men simply for turning up to work and doing their jobs properly. CASES IN BRIEF Former bank worker loses £600,000 unfair dismissal case Former HBOS executive, Haley Tansey, has lost her case for unfair dismissal against Halifax Bank of Scotland for £600,000. She had alleged she was forced to quit her job after suffering from stress caused by unwanted advances during business trips,...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010
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Sacked for being pregnant
A former council employee who claimed she was sacked for being pregnant has received an out-of-court settlement. Alison Clack claimed she was made redundant just weeks after she told her supervisor at Swindon Town Council she was pregnant in December 2004. According to her statement lodged with the Bris...
Case | 26 Jun 2006
