Case Reports

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a ruling that a pregnant police officer was discriminated against due to a policy that instructed pregnant officers to be transferred to a desk-based role.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has provided clarity on identifying the correct organisation that has employed a claimant when this is disputed.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has assessed if a claim for redundancy pay was in time when considering conflicting evidence of the termination date.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that in circumstances where there is no evidence of a disability on the date of an alleged act of discrimination, the ET is entitled to consider all evidence available from around this date and infer that a disability was present at the relevant time.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that there was a redundancy situation where the owner of an organisation absorbed the role of its Managing Director.

The Court of Appeal has held that indirect age discrimination can potentially be justified on the basis of saving costs to balance company books.

The EAT has held that an employee refusing to return to work following the end of her maternity leave amounted to her acceptance of a repudiatory breach, meaning her claim for constructive dismissal could succeed.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that tribunals are entitled to reconsider a judgment under their own initiative, in compliance with tribunal rules, after it has been suggested they do so by another party.

The Supreme Court has considered whether the Home Office’s treatment of a skilled worker under the current tier 2 immigration system was unfair.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered when a notice of dismissal is said to have been served to an employee if they do not receive it due to being on holiday.