Employment law stories in the news – 09.07.2018 to 15.07.2018
In the latest of our series of posts on employment law stories in the news we examine ten employment law-related cases that have made headlines between 9 July and 15 July 2018
- Teacher who was late for work because of school run wins appeal – A teacher who repeatedly turned up late for work after taking her daughter on the school run has won an appeal at the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) (People Management)
- UK care workers lose pay case for overnight stays – Low-paid care workers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight will not be paid the minimum wage following a Court of Appeal ruling (Financial Times)
- Sacked Dundee FC worker takes further legal action against club and director John Nelms – A man who won £10,000 at a tribunal after he was sacked by Dundee FC for being off work while battling cancer has launched a fresh action against the club and managing director John Nelms (Evening Telegraph)
- Former Swansea City directors awarded £108k compensation in total after unfair dismissal – Two former Swansea City Football Club directors found to be unfairly dismissed by the club have been awarded a combined compensation of more than £108,000 (Wales Online)
- Tesco faces £4bn equal pay bill as claimant numbers swell to 1,000 – The number of Tesco shop workers taking part in a legal challenge to secure equal pay, which could lead to the supermarket paying out £4bn, has swelled to 1,000 (The Guardian)
- Director jailed after Hoddesdon explosion led to death of two brothers – Simon Thomerson has been sentenced to 8 months in custody after pleading guilty to a health and safety breach that resulted in the death of two brothers (HSE)
- Dundee care home unfairly dismissed worker who had miscarriage and lost stepmum – A care worker was awarded nearly £8,000 by a tribunal after her bosses failed to consider she had suffered a miscarriage and lost her stepmum before sacking her (Evening Telegraph)
- Ex-Mazzetta manager claims unfair dismissal after reporting illegal practices to CEO – Former employee says his supervisors demanded he sell seafood at artificially deflated prices (Intrafish)
- Worker injured after being struck by fencing panels – A security fencing manufacturing company has been fined after a worker sustained significant injuries on site (HSE)
- Ex-Newton manager at centre of FCA probe says sharing IPO info is ‘normal’ – A fund manager at the heart of an investigation into collusion between four of the UK’s best-known investment firms has insisted that sharing price information ahead of public share sales is “normal behaviour” in the City (FNLondon)