Employment law stories in the news – 05.04.2021 to 11.04.2021
In the latest of our series of posts on employment law stories in the news we take a look at ten employment law stories that made headlines between 5 April 2021 and 11 April 2021
- Recruitment firm boss who didn’t approve of office romances is forced to pay out £100,000 for firing sales executive two days after he sacked her husband – A recruitment firm boss who did not approve of office romances has been forced to cough up more than £100,000 after he fired a female executive just two days after sacking her husband (The Daily Mail)
- Judge throws out unfair dismissal claim in Novia tribunal – A former Novia employee has been ordered to pay £6,540 to cover legal costs incurred by the platform after an employment tribunal threw out claims of unfair dismissal (Money Marketing)
- Some Nottingham council workers yet to be paid settlements despite winning court case over pay rises – A number of Nottingham City Council workers are yet to be paid court settlements despite the Supreme Court ruling in their favour following a long-running legal fight over pay rises (Nottingham Post)
- Manager with cancer told to ‘grow up’ by boss was constructively unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules – A general manager with kidney cancer who was told by his boss to not be a “baby” and to “grow up” when he requested to work fewer hours was discriminated against by his employer because of his disability, an employment tribunal has found (People Management)
- CPS to pay damages for victimising case worker over timesheets – A former case worker with the Crown Prosecution Service has been awarded £30,000 after an employment tribunal found he was victimised over scrutiny of timesheets (The Law Society Gazette)
- Football club charity worker who clashed with owner was victimised, tribunal rules – An employee at a football charity was victimised amid a number of grievances and a foul-mouthed argument with the chairman of a connected lower league football club, an employment tribunal has concluded (Third Sector)
- London stockbroker made to sit on ‘naughty step’ by firm after he returned to work after suffering depression – A stockbroker was put on the “naughty step” before being unfairly sacked after he took time off to deal with depression, a tribunal has heard (The Evening Standard)
- Tribunal awards ex-Kingly solicitors £37k in compensation – Five solicitors, a solicitor apprentice and a legal assistant who worked at one of the largest law firms to be shut down by the regulator have been awarded more than £37,000 by an employment tribunal (Legal Futures)
- Muslim deemed a security risk by nuclear bosses wins payout – A Muslim engineer at a supply plant for nuclear reactors has been awarded £3,500 after workmates alleged that he said British troops “deserved to die” (The Times)
- Sacked firefighter who claimed he called a short, gay colleague ‘half a man’ because ‘of his size’ rather than his sexuality wins £12,000 payout despite losing unfair dismissal claim – A firefighter who was sacked after offending a short, gay colleague by calling him ‘half a man’ has been awarded more than £12,000 by an employment tribunal (The Daily Mail)