Employment Articles

A builder, who got lucrative roles falsely claiming he had university degrees and remained in the positions for more than 10 years, must now pay back part of his earnings. Swindler insisted that he should be referred to as “Dr” He secured...

A Christian worker has won his claim of unfair dismissal after he refused to take off his neck chain.  Mr Kovalkovs worked at the 2 Sisters Food Group chicken processing firm from November 2019.  He wore a silver crucifix on a neck chain to...

A marketing company has been told that the post-termination covenant in a contract with one of its former suppliers was not enforceable because it prevented fair competition.  The case involved Mr Lambert, who ran his own business, and Credico...

A fashion designer in her early fifties who was passed over for promotion has been awarded £96,000 after making an age discrimination claim.  The case involved Rachel Sunderland, who had worked as a knitwear specialist for Superdry...

Supermarket chain Tesco has successfully appealed an injunction that prevented it from terminating employees’ contracts in order to offer new contracts on less favourable terms.  The issue goes back as far as 2007, when Tesco shut several...

The government has changed the law as of 21 July 2022, enabling businesses to use temporary agency workers to plug staffing gaps caused by strikes. The move is in response to the current industrial action by members of the RMT rail union but applies to...

A building firm has successfully defended a claim from an “unreasonable” employee relating to expenses, deductions from wages and unfair dismissal.  Just Build UK Limited was taken to the Employment Tribunal by Mr Bright Ampomah after...

The Employment Tribunal has ruled that a nurse was unfairly dismissed because her employer made no reasonable adjustments to account for her disability.  Ms McKenzie began working for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in 2010.  At...

A water company has been granted an injunction against its former business development manager after he breached post-termination restrictive covenants in his employment contract.  The case involved ATAC Solutions, which provides water and waste...

A care manager who was sacked eight days after revealing that she was pregnant has won a discrimination claim and been awarded more than £8,000 compensation.  The case involved Gemma Ferridge-Gunn, who started working at Alcedo Orange in...