In Mr A Courtney v AGTC Ltd the Respondent is a retail sales company which operates by way of mail order and internet sales. The Claimant was employed on 8 January 2018 as an Operations Manager. He was made redundant with effect from 20 April 2021.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 3 May 2023
In the case of Romello Shoaib-Brown v IQVIA IES UK Ltd Mr Shoaib-Brown has been awarded compensation of 3 weeks wages totalling £1541.07 after his employer failed to comply with section 10(2A)(a) of the Employment Relations Act 1999 in relation to his right to be accompanied by the companion of his choice at:
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 2 May 2023
In Mr C Boxall v Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Mr Boxall was employed as a lubrication team leader from 1 November 2004. At or around the time of the incident, Mr Boxall had for some time had some personal issues. His sister was terminally ill, and he was her main carer.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 1 May 2023
In Mr D Andersen v Rheon Labs Ltd Mr Doug Andersen was employed by Rheon Labs as a Development Engineer and began work in October 2017.
In June 2020, Mr Andersen met with his line manager Mr Brown. During the meeting, Mr Andersen indicated he felt he was stagnating and wanted progression. Mr Brown spoke to Mr Andersen regarding what Mr Brown considered to be weaknesses in Mr Andersen’s behaviour, noting in particular the “universal negative feedback from the Senior Management Team about his behaviour”. Mr Brown indicated he was willing to support Mr Andersen if he was ready to change his behaviours, and asked Mr Andersen to take the rest of the day and the following day off to reflect.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 28 April 2023
In the case of Mr M Daniels v (1) United National Bank Ltd (2) Mr B Firth, Mr Daniels was employed by United National Bank as chief risk officer (CRO) from July 2019 until the termination of his employment in April 2021. Mr Firth is its chief executive officer (CEO) and was Mr Daniels’s line manager.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 26 April 2023
The government has published guidance to help employers who wish to analyse and report on their ethnicity pay. Ethnicity pay reporting is one of the tools employers can use to build transparency and trust among their employees.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 25 April 2023
The government has set out its proposals for implementing a proportionate, future-proof and pro-innovation framework for regulating AI. The white paper, A Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation, identifies AI as one of five critical technologies and notes that regulation plays an important role in creating an environment for AI to flourish.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 24 April 2023
In the case of Mr S Bradley v Cultureshift Communications Limited a preliminary hearing has ruled that a man with long Covid was disabled with an impairment of anxiety and depression, lethargy and tiredness despite being able to run daily, exercise in a gym regularly and start a business.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 21 April 2023
In the case of KZ v The Nags Head Reading Limited a bartender’s claim of harassment related to sex was upheld in relation to the allegation that the employer, a small, family-run pub (TNH), “failed to prevent any recurrence” of sexual harassment by a contractor/customer of the pub (the Third Party) and failed to protect them from such behaviour.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 20 April 2023
In Ms M Tracey v ACAS Ms Tracey was a helpline advisor for ACAS who started in 2013. Shortly after starting employment as a fixed-term employee, she was presented with a contract stating that her employment would terminate after one year. However, Ms Tracey’s employment continued after the expiry of the term stated, having agreed with management that she would continue. An email was sent including a new contract which asked for the document to be signed and returned, which never took place due to a few queries raised which included the number of hours of work and holiday pay. Another contract was sent out after that which reduced the number of days of annual leave Ms Tracey was entitled to, which again was rejected and not signed. Not wanting to press the point too heavily and risk her employment she worked without a new contract for around 3 years.
Article by: Makbool Javaid, Partner - Simons Muirhead Burton 19 April 2023