NEED TO SPEAK TO A SOLICITOR TODAY?

Please make an appointment by calling us now on 020 3923 0888. Very low rates.

Case Review: Bingo workers “broke no rules” on boozed-up day off

An employment tribunal in Dundee has been considering the case of four bingo hall employees who were sacked after taking their own food and drink into another Gala establishment on their day off. Their employer dismissed them on two counts, namely breaching their alcohol licence and breaching Gala Bingo company policy. However the regional manager … Read more

Equal Pay claims against Birmingham City Council soar to £890m

The liability estimate for Equal Pay claims against Birmingham City Council has increased by £130 million following a round of new claims and revised figures. In 2012 a group of 174 former care, cleaning and catering employees (all female) who had retired, won the right to make backdated Equal Pay claims against the council. Britain’s … Read more

Employment Law Highlights in Budget 2013

This year’s Budget delivered by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was light on employment law changes (probably because the last 12 months have been very busy with a raft of reforms) but here is a summary of employment-related aspects of the 2013 Budget: – The proposed “Employee Shareholder” system will be in operation as soon … Read more

Shark-wrestling Grandfather sacked whilst on sick leave

In one of the strangest stories of the week with an employment slant, it transpires that a British man who was filmed wrestling with a shark on an Australian beach was actually on sick leave, and has subsequently been sacked for breach of trust. Paul Marshallsea, 67, from South Wales, went on holiday to Australia … Read more

1 in 7 women made redundant after maternity leave

According to a recent article in the Guardian newspaper, female employees are experiencing increasing levels of pregnancy-related discrimination in the workplace. Research commissioned by the law firm Slater & Gordon found that one in seven women surveyed had lost their job whilst on maternity leave, with 40% saying that their jobs had changed by the … Read more

Agency workers rights improve after discrimination case win

If you work through an employment agency you may find that your anti-discrimination rights just improved slightly, following a recent Employment Tribunal decision in a case funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In this case Corinda Pegg was an agency worker who had been dismissed after 44 weeks service following a number of … Read more