In Kachikwuo Amaechi-Onwukanjo v London Underground Ltd the Claimant was a Customer Services Assistant. He started with London Underground Ltd on 01 February 2016. Kachikwuo Amaechi-Onwukanjo said that TfL's HR team told him he should resign after the organisation found that there was a discrepancy of £2100 between the recorded cash amount and actual cash collected on its ticket machines on two occasions in the summer of 2019 at the station when he was working.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 12 September 2022
In the case of Ms Z Wei v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Zhuofang Wei, a 'highly regarded' executive complained about an office 'quote book' in which amusing sexually suggestive comments were recorded and then voted on at Christmas parties - with the winner being awarded a trophy. However, this complaint was dismissed after Ms Wei, who earned £175,000 a year, admitted she had joined in and the tribunal ruled that was a 'willing participant'.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 9 September 2022
The government has published its response to a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) review of changes made to off-payroll legislation – also known as IR35 which was originally introduced in April 2000, with the objective to prevent tax avoidance by ‘disguised employees’. These are people who do the same job in the same manner as an employee but avoid income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) by providing services through an intermediary such as a personal service company (PSC). The legislation therefore introduced a requirement for workers engaged through intermediaries to assess their employment status for tax purposes. If they are deemed to be a ‘disguised employee’ they will be subject to income tax and NICs at source in the same way as regular employees.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 8 September 2022
Fleetworld reports that new research from Alphabet (GB) has revealed 33% of fleet managers have little to no knowledge of corporate duty of care to employees that drive company-owned or leased vehicles.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 7 September 2022
A franchise of pizza chain Domino’s has agreed to settle an age discrimination case with a woman who believed she was treated differently during a job interview due to her age, as reported in Belfast Live.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 6 September 2022
In the case of Ms H Sommer v Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Services Ltd a former underwriter at Swiss Re has won an employment tribunal against the world’s biggest reinsurance company, after a senior executive at the firm told her: “If I had breast like yours, I would be demanding too.”
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 5 September 2022
In Miss J Wheatley v Turner Contemporary an employment tribunal has ruled in favour of a former Turner Contemporary ‘navigator’ after the gallery denied she was entitled to redundancy, saying she was not an employee due to her casual worker and zero hours contract status.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 2 September 2022
In the case of Dr Paul Leaney v Loughborough University a Loughborough lecturer was sacked after he forced a student to apologise to their flatmates following a suicide attempt. Paul Leaney is also said to have instructed flatmates of the student (known as Student X) to tell them how the suicide attempt made them feel.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 1 September 2022
The Insolvency Service has provided an update following its urgent enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the redundancies made by P&O Ferries on 17 March 2022.
An Insolvency Service spokesperson said:
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 31 August 2022
In Mrs L McCabe v Selazar Limited a middle-aged woman regarded as "menopausal" by her younger male boss has won an age discrimination case after being told not to let her hormones get "out of control", an employment tribunal has heard.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead & Burton 30 August 2022
