McIlveen on Employment- July 2024

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“It always seems impossible, until it is done.”
Nelson Mandela

⚖️Tribunal finds in favour of claimants in class action for a protective award concerning failure to consult during redundancy.

⚖️ Successful unfair dismissal for mechanic who was dismissed without reason following enquiries about his pension and expressing reluctance to perform driving duties.

OTHER NI EMPLOYMENT STORIES IN THE NEWS:

⚖️Omagh haulage company directors sentenced for fraud at Laganside Crown Court following involvement in the manipulation of company vehicle tachographs posing a ‘significant risk to all road users.‘

⚖️Leading Belfast school discovered to hold ‘out of date or no’ safeguarding checks on some staff for over a 16 year period.

BELFAST WOMAN SECURES NORTHERN IRELAND’S
HIGHEST EVER EQUAL PAY CLAIM

To read the full decision click HERE
To read the remedies judgment click HERE
to read the news summary click HERE

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SALES REP REACHES NO LIABILITY SETTLEMENT WITH HALDANE FISHER CONCERNING REQUEST FOR REASONABLE ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS NOT MET

To read the details click HERE

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ECONOMY MINISTER CONOR MURPHY, LAUNCES CONSULTATION ON PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS LEGISLATION AS PART OF ‘GOOD JOBS’ AGENDA

To read the full details click HERE

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NI EQUALITY COMMISSION PUBLISHES ITS 33RD ANNUAL REPORT ON FAIR EMPLOYMENT

To read the report click HERE

CONSULTATION INVITES VIEWS ON IMPLEMENTING THE DOMESTIC ABUSE SAFE LEAVE ACT IN NI

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CHIEF CONSTABLE’S DECISION TO DENY REINSTATEMENT OF A TRAINEE OFFICER CLEARED OF RAPE CHARGES HAD NO LEGITIMATE GROUNDS OF CHALLENGE

To read the news story click HERE

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TRIBUNAL FINDS BAKERY FAILED TO MAKE REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE DISMISSING BLIND BAKER SIX WEEKS INTO A THREE MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD

To read the news story click HERE
To read the decision click HERE

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EAT REMITS INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION CASE AS TRIBUNAL HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED PRINTING IN SMALL FONTS WAS A MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY IN RELATION TO ANOTHER OF THE CLAIMANT’S CLAIMS

To read the decision click HERE

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EAT DISMISSES ALL ELEVEN GROUNDS OF RACE DISCRIMINATION APPEAL BY LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL

To read the news story click HERE
To read the full decision click HERE

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DOCTOR’S APPEAL TO RESTORE FINDINGS OF RACE DISCRIMINATION IS DISMISSED

To read the full decision click HERE

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MOTHER WHO HAD JOB OFFER RESCINDED AFTER BEING ASKED THE AGE’S OF HER CHILDREN SECURES £90K IN DISCRIMINATION CLAIM

To read the full decision click HERE

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EHRC UPDATES GUIDANCE THAT SAYS IT IS LEGAL SEX THAT COUNTS WHEN IT COMES TO ADVERTISING SINGLE SEX JOBS

To read the news story click HERE
To read the EHRC guidance click HERE

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ACCOUNTANT FINED AND EXCLUDED FROM PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AFTER DOWNLOADING CLIENT FILES BEFORE LEAVING HER EMPLOYER

To read the full decision click HERE

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NI CARE HOME NURSE STRUCK OFF FOR WILFUL NEGLECT OF A VULNERABLE PATIENT FOLLOWING SUSPECTED STROKE

To read the decision click HERE

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NNWC PUBLISHES INDEPENDENT REVIEW PROMPTED BY CONCERNS ABOUT A CULTURE OF RACISM AND FEAR OF SPEAKING UP

To read the independent review click HERE

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HIGH COURT FINDS EMPLOYER DISCRIMINATED AGAINST PREGNANT BARISTA BY ISSUING HER WITH A P45 WHILST ON SICK LEAVE

To read the news summary click HERE

To read the full judgment click here HERE

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LADIES GAELIC FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN GIVEN 6 MONTHS BY WRC TO LOOSEN AGE RULES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES COMPETING IN MATCHES

To read the details click HERE

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SUMMARY OF LABOUR’S INTENDED CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT LAW

To read the summary click HERE

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SENIOR PRESIDENT OF GB EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS ISSUES CONSULTATION RESPONSE AND PRACTICE DIRECTION ON PANEL COMPOSITION

To read the details click HERE

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ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR MANAGERS – 10/09/24

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⚖️Flat-rate fee imposed on part-time minicab driver did not breach Part-Time Regulations holds EAT

⚖️Whistleblowing solicitor wins £36k over unfair dismissal claim after raising workload concerns about her firm with the SRA.

⚖️EAT upholds decision that dismissing care home workers for refusing to comply with mandatory vaccine policy during pandemic was proportionate and fair.

⚖️Tribunal erred in failing to grant a short adjournment to a litigant in person with PTSD on the second day of a 10 day hearing.

⚖️EAT finds that Tribunal was entitled to take previous litigation into account when making deposit orders and assessing prospects of success.

⚖️Complying with a previous costs order should not have been made part of an Unless Order as it had the effect of turning the costs order into a deposit order say EAT.

⚖️£102k remedy judgment for head teacher unfairly dismissed for tapping her own son’s hand

⚖️Court of Appeal reviews refusals to extend time where the claimant has “substantially complied” with the rules, but omitted to include certain documents.

⚖️EAT finds that human rights group, Stonewall, did not cause a barrister’s chambers to discriminate against her when they made a public statement announcing an investigation and a deletion of her tweets.

⚖️Statutory code of practice on Fire and Re-hire comes into force in GB.

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