Tribunal Tale – Pimlico Plumbers v Smith
Background
Last month we issued an article on employment status, and mentioned that Pimlico was heard by the Supreme Court (SC) in February 2018. The SC has now delivered its judgment.
As a brief recap of the case, Mr Smith… Tribunal Tale – City of York Council v Grosset
In November 2016 we issued a news item related to a Mr Grosset, who was a teacher at a school in York. His case has been working its way through the court hierarchy, and now the Court of Appeal (CA)… Tribunal Tale – Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood
Background
One of the cornerstones of the employment relationship is that in the vast majority of cases an employer must give an employee notice to terminate their employment.
This obligation is a statutory one, as the Employment Rights Act requires… Tribunal Tale – Lofty v Hamis (t/a First Café)
Background
As we have written about before, disability discrimination is one of the more complex areas of employment law. For example, there are more possible claims under that heading than under other protected characteristics, such as a failure to make… Tribunal Tale – Brazel v Harpur Trust
Background
The topic of holiday pay has been repeatedly rearing its head in the Employment Tribunal (ET) for the last few years. While the rules on overtime and commission and their relation to the calculation of holiday pay are reasonably… Tribunal Tale – Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey
Background
The basic concept of the law on disability discrimination will be clear to most: it is unlawful to treat someone less favourably due to them having a disability.
Of course, in practice, disability discrimination is a more complicated beast,… Tribunal Tale – King v The Sash Window Workshop Ltd
Background
Just when you think that most of the questions on holiday pay have been answered, along comes the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to shatter our illusions.
Well, perhaps not all of them. We still know that employees (and… Tribunal Tale – Uber appeal
As many of you will know, the ride-sharing company Uber was taken to the Employment Tribunal (ET) in 2016 by two drivers who claimed to be workers rather than self-employed contractors. Our update on that case and employment status more… Tribunal Tale – Reasonable adjustments
The law on disability discrimination is complex, particularly in the field of reasonable adjustments. The case below is a reminder of just how expensive it can be if an employer doesn’t meet their duties to a disabled employee in that… Tribunal Tale – Monitoring employee activity
In January 2016 we issued an update in relation to a Mr Bărbulescu, whose case involved him being monitored by his employer. The initial decision, made by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), was that his employer had committed…