The Employment Appeal Tribunal in Scotland has dismissed a claimant's appeal against the dismissal of his sex discrimination claim, and the imposition of a costs order against him.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a Tribunal decision that an employee was fairly dismissed for medical incapacity, despite the termination date being postponed on several occasions.
The EAT considered whether an employee's contract of employment had been terminated by the employer's unilateral imposition of new terms of employment.
The DBT call for evidence on non-statutory flexible working follows the enactment of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act and the recently opened ACAS consultation on a new draft code of practice.
A former employer has failed in their application for an interim injunction against an employee who resigned in breach of the notice provisions in her employment contract.
The High Court has upheld a judicial review of Regulations made last year to allow businesses to use agency staff to cover striking workers. Following the decision, the Regulations have been quashed.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that an incorrect belief that a disabled employee was working whilst off sick, was discrimination arising from disability.
ACAS is consulting on an updated statutory Code of Practice on handling requests for flexible working, in anticipation of changes to the flexible work request framework.
The Department for Business & Trade (DBT) has published an evaluation report on the Shared Parental leave (SPL) scheme. Take-up rates remain very low, with only 1% of eligible mothers and 5% of eligible fathers or partners taking SPL.
Maya Forstater, the claimant in a high-profile case has been awarded £105,778.47 in compensation for her direct discrimination claim relating to her expression of gender-critical beliefs.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a taxi driver could not simultaneously be an employee and worker of two different employers in respect of the same work.