employment tribunal
Stringfellows, the lapdancer and your payroll - 01 December 2011
What has a recent Employment Tribunal (ET) between Stringfellows and one of its lapdancers got to do with your business. Well it could be quite important if you use self-employed workers.
A judge has recently ruled that a lap dancer will be allowed to appeal a recent ET decision to establish whether she was an employee of Stringfellows rather than self-employed as she was treated for tax purposes.
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A cautionary tale for employers over Facebook comments - 25 October 2011
At a recent employment tribunal it was held that dismissing an employee for uploading relatively minor work based comments onto Facebook was unfair.
Law firm Pinsent Masons reported
"W was employed as a team leader for Skoda Customer Services, an important client of her employer. Representatives of Skoda worked along side her. She had been employed since 2007 and had been an exemplary employee with a clean disciplinary record.
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Employment Tribunals - a growing problem - 20 April 2011
The statistics for 2009-10 Employment Tribunals (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunals (EAT) highlighted a startling fact that the number of employment tribunals accepted rose by 56% in the year 236,000.
It also showed that the average award in unfair dismissal cases was £9,120. The four most common claims were read the full details
Employment Tribunals. Time for reform? - 25 January 2011
We noted with interest this week a press release from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) that will strike a chord with many employers across the UK.
Some interesting facts on Employment Tribunals (ET) are read the full details
Can giving a poor reference come back to haunt you - 10 October 2010
The answer is possibly yes.
Recently a firm of solicitors who gave an employee a poor reference have been found to be liable for not only future loss of earnings but injury to her feelings as well.
In the case of Bullimore v Pothecary Witham Weld, Bullimore had been offered a job by another firm of solicitors Sebastians. That offer of employment was withdrawn due to an unfavourable reference from her previous employer.
The reference itself had referred to Bullimore’s read the full details
