McIlveen on Employment- February 2025









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“In the office, as in life, love and respect are the foundations of success.” – Tim Cook

 
TRIBUNAL CASES AND EMPLOYMENT STORIES IN THE NEWS THIS MONTH.

TRAVELLERS “SHOOED” OUT OF MID-ULSTER COUNCIL OFFICES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER A BIRTH SETTLE RACE DISCRIMINATION CLAIM FOR £15K

To read the full story click HERE

Picture Credit: BBC News

JUDICIAL SURVEY REVEALS THAT NI JUDGES ARE STRESSED, FEEL LESS RESPECTED AND FEAR FOR THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY

To read the news story click HERE

To read the full survey click HERE
Picture Credit: Irish Legal News

PSNI, DoJ AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE LAUNCH THE ‘POWER TO CHANGE’ CAMPAIGN TO CHALLENGE MALE BEHAVIOURS TOWARDS WOMEN IN NI

To read the full story click HERE

Picture Credit: Belfast Telegraph

HIGH COURT DECLARATION GRANTED IN RESPECT OF 12-WEEK DELAYS IN PAYMENT OF LEGAL AID FEES

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

Picture Credit: Irish Legal News

DISMISSAL OF CHRISTIAN TEACHER FOR FACEBOOK POSTS CRITICISING RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION IN  SCHOOLS WAS DISCRIMINATORY

To read the full decision click HERE
For the news report click HERE
To read about the potential implications for employers click HERE

Picture Credit: Personnel Today

EAT FINDS TRIBUNAL ERRED IN FINDING THAT TRAVEL REQUIREMENT PUT WOMEN AT DISADVANTAGE

To read the full decision click HERE

Picture Credit: People Management

BALLOON COMPANY MANAGER DID NOT DISCRIMINATE AT  AWARDS CEREMONY BY SAYING ‘SORRY BOYS’ WHEN FEMALES WON THE AWARDS

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

Picture Credit: The Guardian

EAT FINDS £10K INJURY TO FEELINGS WAS ‘MANIFESTLY EXCESSIVE’ GIVEN LACK OF EVIDENCE REGARDING INJURY

To read the full decision click HERE
To read the news story click HERE
Picture Credit: BBC News

PRIVATE SCHOOL HEADMASTER’S CLAIM OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION STRUCK OUT –  DETERIORATION IN ABILITY NOT FOUND WHEN GOLF HANDICAP IMPROVED 

To read the decision click HERE
Picture Credit: The Times

HIGH COURT DISMISSES DOCTOR’S APPEAL AGAINST SUSPENSION FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST COLLEAGUE AT A PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL EVENT

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

Picture Credit: Fitness to Practice News

DOCTOR’S  APPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT AGAINST ERASURE DISMISSED: COURT FINDS ANYTHING LESS THAN ERASURE “WOULD BE INIMICAL TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PROPER PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS”

To read the full decision click HERE

Picture Credit: Walesonline

€7K TO CROUPIER AND HER EMPLOYER ORDERED TO GIVE ALL EMPLOYEES SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING AS IT FAILED TO PROTECT FEMALE EMPLOYEES

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

Picture Credit: Irish Independent

TREATMENT OF GALWAY SANITATION WORKER WAS “ONE OF THE WORST CASE OF BULLYING” WRC ADJUDICATOR HAD SEEN

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

EMPLOYEE WHO WAS IN A POSITION OF TRUST WAS FAIRLY DISMISSED FOR GROSS MISCONDUCT BY PROPERTY COMPANY

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

WRC REQUIRES ORDER OF NUNS TO PAY €70K TO SACKED MANAGER FOLLOWING “ONE OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF MISTREATMENT”

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

Picture Credit: RTé

NEWS ARTICLE ON WHETHER TRUMPIAN ANTI DEI POLICIES ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD TO THE UK

To read the report click HERE

⚖️Fair dismissal found for employee who did not disclose a previous dismissal for gross misconduct on his application form; employer was entitled to expect a full and transparent account.

⚖️EAT overturns unfair dismissal of bus driver; tribunal erred in substituting its own view for that of the Respondent instead of considering whether it fell outside the range of reasonable responses.

⚖️Day one right to neonatal care and leave in force from 6th April in England and Wales.

⚖️Court of Appeal to consider whether whistleblowing protections should be extended to external job applicants, after a charity submitted that the law is inconsistent with human rights legislation.

⚖️Gender Recognition Act 2004 does not recognise foreign-acquired ‘non-binary’ status.

⚖️Dismissal based on a genuine but erroneous belief that the Claimant had resigned should have been considered as potentially fair for SOSR

LRA SEMINAR ON NEURODIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE – 1ST APRIL 2025

To book a place click HERE

LEGAL ISLAND – ESSENTIALS OF EMPLOYMENT LAW IN NI, 29TH &30TH APRIL 2025

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