According to research those who are diagnosed with cancer in the workplace is rising. According to Cancer Research UK each year almost 120,000 people of working age are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. Employees who have been diagnosed with cancer will get automatic protection from disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. Cancer is […]
Tag: employment tribunal claim
Uber workers the facts
The press went mad when the Employment Tribunal judgment in the Uber case was released and since then I have heard many misquotes and myths. Firstly, as one huge press organisation wrongly stated the Uber drivers were not found to be employees. They were in fact found to be workers. This is the middle ground […]
Reasons not to bring a Tribunal Claim
When analysing the reasons why Claimant’s decide not to proceed with their claim following ACAS EC there has been much speculation that this is because of the introduction of fees which are preventing access to justice. ACAS has carried out their own research into the reasons people provide as to their rationale as to why […]
Adding a Respondent to the Tribunal claim
The EAT has recently provided some clarity on the issue of ACAS EC and the interplay with the Tribunal’s discretion in amending and/or adding a Respondent to the Tribunal claim. In the first case, (Mist v Derby Community NHS Trust) the Claimant spelt the 1st Respondent’s name correctly on the ET1 but misspelt it on the […]
Increase in compensation
New rates have been introduced for statutory redundancy payments, a week’s pay for basic award and for limits on unfair dismissal claims. These will take place for dismissals on or after 6th April 2015. The increases are in line with the RPI measure of inflation which was 2.3%. The new rate for a week’s pay […]
Lost in the system
A recent EAT case may seem a little extreme but in the case of Elliott v The Joseph Whitworth Centre Ltd delay meant he was denied justice at Employment Tribunal. The Claimant was dismissed in February 2010 and presented his complaint for unfair dismissal within the three month time limit through his union representative. Nothing […]
Constructive dismissal
There is much confusion amongst the public over the term constructive dismissal. I have heard the term used by employees saying that when there is an actual dismissal they have been constructively dismissed and some businesses are totally surprised that such a concept exists until of course they get their first employment tribunal claim. In […]