McIlveen on Employment - APRIL 2025

McIlveen on Employment – APRIL 2025

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“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodalll

TRIBUNAL CASES AND EMPLOYMENT STORIES IN THE NEWS THIS MONTH

⚖️A difficulty in using computers, the distraction of divorce proceedings, and a misunderstanding of the process insufficient to extend time for making unfair dismissal claim

⚖️NI Social Care Council issues warning to registrant regarding a failure to disclose her criminal conviction for careless driving to a prospective employer.

⚖️Belfast Pharmacist suspended by regulator for sixth months after removing prescription drugs and retail products without payment.

⚖️NI midwife is struck off by disciplinary proceedings following repeated theft and consumption of hospital medication.

⚖️Dublin school drops disciplinary action against Portadown teacher who states she was wrongly identified in a pod cast as ‘GAA catfish’.

⚖️PSNI are seeking to hire a Strategic Lead for Diversity, Equality& Inclusion

BELFAST HOTEL SETTLES RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION CLAIM AFTER REVOKING JOB OFFER TO MAN WHO REFUSED SABBATH WORK HOURS

To read the details click HERE

Picture Credit: Belfast Telegraph

COURT OF APPEAL CONFIRMS LACK OF WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR EXTERNAL JOB APPLICANTS

For a news summary click HERE
For the full decision click HERE

Picture Credit: BBC News

SUPREME COURT BACK ‘BIOLOGICAL’ DEFINITION OF WOMAN

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

Picture Credit: BBC News

EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES INTERIM GUIDANCE FOLLOWING JUDGMENT

To read the interim EHRC guidance click HERE

Picture Credit: The Guardian

£20K INJURY TO FEELINGS AWARD FOR FRENCH NATIONAL OF AFRICAN ORIGIN SUBJECT TO REPEATED CONTACT WHEN OFF SICK

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

Picture Credit: Personnel Today

EAT FINDS RACIST COMMENT MADE AT WORK, DURING WORK HOURS, WAS NOT MADE DURING COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYER HAD ALSO TAKEN REASONABLE PREVENTATIVE STEPS

To read the full EAT decision click HERE

Picture Credit: BBC News

EAT CONFIRMS THAT DISMISSAL OF EMPLOYEE WHO SENT OFFENSIVE AND AGGRESSIVE MESSAGE WAS NOT DISCRIMINATORY

To read the full decision click HERE

TRIBUNAL SET ANONYMITY TEST ‘TOO HIGH’ FOR DISABLED CLAIMANT CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC JUDGMENT AFFECTING FUTURE EMPLOYABILITY

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

Picture Credit: Law Society Gazette

HIGH COURT EXTENDS SUSPENSION BUT REFUSES TO ALLOW APPEAL TO ERASE TRANSPLANT SURGEON FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

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

Picture Credit: BBC News

HIGH COURT STRIKES OUT CLAIM AGAINST THE GMC FOLLOWING TRAGIC DEATH OF DOCTOR UNDER INVESTIGATION

To read a summary of the case by Barry Baines click HERE
To read the full decision click HERE

Picture Credit: BBC News

GMC UNSUCCESFUL IN APPEAL AGAINST SUPSENSION RATHER THAN STRIKING OFF OF THORACIC SURGEON

To read the full decision click HERE

Picture Credit: BBC News

HR COMPANY FAILS TO GET FEMALE EMPLOYEE’S PAY DISCRIMINATION CLAIM THROWN OUT

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

Picture Credit RTe

WRC FINDS TIK TOK EMPLOYEE’S WORK FROM HOME REQUEST WAS NOT WELL FOUNDED UNDER WORK LIFE BALANCE LEGISLATION

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

Picture Credit RTe

NEWLY FORMED EMPLOYMENT LAW REVIEW GROUP TO REVIEW THREE KEY AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT LAW

To look at the full programme click HERE

Picture Credit RTe

ROI PROTECTED DISCLOSURES COMMISSIONER PUBLISHES ANNUAL FINDINGS

To download the full report click HERE
To read the news summary click HERE

NI EMPLOYER MARKS FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF 4 DAY WORKING WEEK

To read the details click HERE

UPDATED VENTO GUIDELINES FOR 2025

To see the new bandings click HERE

⚖️ Part-time college lecturer awarded £30k in pay and pensions contributions after tribunal finds she was treated less favourably than her full-time colleagues.

⚖️EAT upholds “unreasonable conduct” costs award against respondents who failed to object to being struck off the register of companies in the hope of avoiding enforcement of a judgment against them.

LEWIS SILKIN BREAKAST BRIEFING: CONFLICTING RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE – 13/05/25 @ 09.30

To book your FREE place click HERE

Picture Credit: LewisSilkin.com

EQUALITY COMMISSION WEBINAR: REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS AND POSITIVE ACTION IN RECRUITMENT – 07/05/25

To register for the webinar click HERE

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