Two businesses urged Britain's highest court on Thursday to rule that whistleblowers suing over unfair dismissal cannot also pursue separate claims for detriment arising from the same dismissal in a case that could reshape the scope of protection under the Employment Rights Act.
Two businesses urged Britain's highest court on Thursday to rule that whistleblowers suing over unfair dismissal cannot also pursue separate claims for detriment arising from the same dismissal in a case that could reshape the scope of protection under the Employment Rights Act.
Employment lawyers are calling for "radical reform" of the workplace disputes resolution system, saying in research published on Thursday that compulsory mediation and a multi-track system based on the value of claims would improve access to justice as a backlog of cases at the Employment Tribunal grows.
An academic fought on Thursday to revive his challenge to his university's decision to fire him for remarks it deemed "misogynistic, transphobic and ableist," arguing that he should have won his initial case on free speech grounds.
A human resources manager has lost his appeal alleging that National Highways excluded him from a training course because he was on a temporary contract, as an appellate tribunal found that he quit for a better job rather than because of discrimination.
A senior partner at a criminal defense specialist has been sanctioned by a tribunal after he was found to have abused his position by subjecting five young female employees to bullying, harassment and other inappropriate behavior.
The Information Commissioner's Office said Thursday it had secured a confiscation order of more than £355,000 ($476,000) against a former motor insurance worker convicted of unlawfully accessing and selling personal data for financial gain.
A manager at a building supplier has denied claims from her former employer that her move to a rival operation just a month after she quit breached several clauses in her contract which prevented her from working for competitors.
Most U.K. defined benefit pension programs have now decided their long-term plans for their eventual managed wind-downs, including buyouts by insurance groups, an Aon PLC report showed on Thursday.
Standard Life PLC has said it has insured £200 million ($268 million) of the liabilities of its own staff pension program, in a deal guided by Linklaters.
