McIlveen on Employment- February 2024









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 “If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change.
January is for dreamers… February is for doers.”
Marc Parent

APPEAL CONCERNING FAILURE TO ADJOURN, APPARENT BIAS AND BREACH OF EU LAW DEFENDED BY NIIT.
APPEAL DISMISSED ON ALL GROUNDS

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£50K WITHOUT LIABILITY SETTLEMENT  FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PARK RANGER,  REFUSED REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS AT DAERA INTERVIEW

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NI COURTS TO PILOT FILMING INSIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME

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NI HIGH COURT DECISION SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILING TO UNDERSTAND AN ‘UNLESS ORDER’

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USEFUL NI HIGH COURT SUMMARY ON TIME LIMITS CONCERNING EMPLOYEE SLIPPING INCIDENT

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SCHOOL WORKER WHO CLAIMS SHE WAS SACKED FOR BEING CHRISTIAN NOW GRANTED RIGHT TO APPEAL ON ALL GROUNDS

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EMPLOYERS WHO DO NOT MAKE ‘REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS’ FOR MENOPAUSE SUFFERERS RISK DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS

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TRIBUNAL SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED DISABLED LITIGANT IN PERSON TO RECORD A THREE DAY PRELIMINARY HEARING AS A REASONABLE ADJUSTMENT

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NEW REPORT EXPLAINS HOW FLEXIBLE WORKING FOR THE OVER 50S WILL HELP TO COMBAT  RETIREMENT CRISIS

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LABOUR PARTY PROPOSAL TO EXTEND EQUAL PAY RIGHT TO BLACK, ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNIC STAFF 

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BELFAST TRUST NURSE SUSPENDED FOR 9 MONTHS BY NMC PANEL FOR CHARGES INCLUDING INAPPROPRIATE WORDS AND GESTURES TO MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT

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ANAESTHETIST SUSPENDED AFTER FALLING ASLEEP IN OPERATING THEATRE 

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HIGH COURT REMITS DENTIST’S MISCONDUCT CASE BACK TO COMMITTEE AS SANCTION IMPOSED WAS INSUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC CONFIDENCE

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DUBLIN EMPLOYEE WINS UNFAIR DISMISSAL CLAIM AFTER BUMPING INTO HIS BOSS ON A HOLIDAY HIS EMPLOYER CLAIMED WAS UNAUTHORISED

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CLAIMANT FAILED TO MAKE HER CASE WITH EVER-CHANGING COMPLAINTS,  ‘STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SUBMISSIONS’, AND CALLING ON TWO INTERPRETERS WHEN EVERYBODY SPOKE ENGLISH

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SECOND RTE WORKER FOUND TO BE A DECADE LONG FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE DESPITE BEING TREATED AS A WORKER 

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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON RE-INTRODUCTION OF GB EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL FEES

To complete the Ministry of Justice Survey click HERE

ACAS ISSUES NEW DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE FOR FLEXIBLE WORKING CONDITIONS

To read the draft code click HERE

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE ON FIRE AND REHIRE

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ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR MANAGERS – ONE DAY COURSE

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EQUALITY COMMISSION EMPLOYER TRAINING PROGRAMME: ONLINE WEBINARS 2024

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To read about the firm’s socially inclusive undergrad programme click HERE

⚖️Tribunal correctly revoked anonymity and restricted reporting order following a finding that the Claimant had fabricated a sexual assault allegation against one of the Respondents.

⚖️Equal pay claim against the Fire and Rescue Service fails on the basis that the pay differential was objectively justified by varying demands on operational competence.

⚖️Claimant’s anti-Zionist beliefs qualify as a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act making his summary dismissal discriminatory and unfair.

⚖️Senior exec at female-friendly dating app succeeds in claim of detrimental treatment for making protected disclosures about bullying behaviour.

⚖️Tribunal erred in striking out claim on the basis that the Claimant’s conduct made a fair trial not possible.

⚖️Claimant did not comply with an unless order to provide a witness statement by serving it only on the tribunal and not the Respondent. 

⚖️Senior Director at the National Crime Agency is dismissed for a serious security breach after sending sensitive and secret information over her personal email and WhatsApp.

⚖️Former Oxford University lecturers win ‘sham contracts’ claim.

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