Employment law stories in the news – 16.11.2020 to 22.11.2020
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 16 November 2020 and 22 November 2020
- Vardags takes employee to court for leaking email banning cardigans – Vardags has taken an ex-employee to court for allegedly leaking the email in which the firm’s President and founder, Ayesha Vardag, banned cardigans in the office (Roll On Friday)
- Student’s tribunal claim against law school thrown out by Court of Appeal – A former University of Law student who accused the training provider of discrimination has had his claim dismissed by the Court of Appeal (The Law Society Gazette)
- Record redundancies leave employment tribunals struggling to cope despite government measures – Data released on Thursday (12/11/20) by HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) shows outstanding employment claims have increased by more than a third since start of pandemic (Legal Futures)
- Apprentice joiner, 16, wins £8,000 payout after he sued his building firm boss for age discrimination when he was told on email ‘you have a lot of maturing up to do’ – An apprentice joiner won a £8,000 payout after he sued his building firm boss for age discrimination when he was told over email ‘you have a lot of maturing up to do’ (The Daily Mail)
- Bullying inquiry ‘found evidence Priti Patel broke ministerial code’ – A Cabinet Office inquiry into allegations of bullying by Priti Patel has found evidence that she broke the ministerial code, informed sources have told the Guardian (The Guardian)
- No 10 passes back control of advisers after Dominic Cummings – Downing Street is preparing to relinquish day-to-day control over government special advisers in an attempt to improve morale in Whitehall after the departure of Dominic Cummings (The Times)
- Sacked Glasgow IKEA worker wins cash settlement after battle over sick pay cuts – A shop steward sacked after fighting against cuts in workers’ sick pay has won a financial settlement against furniture giant IKEA (The Daily Record)
- Redundant staff at collapsed Fifteen Cornwall claim more than £200K in payments – Former employees of the collapsed Cornish restaurant Fifteen Cornwall have claimed more than £200,000 in payments following a failure in the redundancy process. The restaurant – founded by Jamie Oliver – was launched 13 years ago and was run by the charity Cornwall Food Foundation (ITV)
- Police Scotland ‘tried to suppress’ sexism claims – A former firearms officer, who claims she was discriminated against because she was a woman, says Police Scotland tried to suppress what happened to her. Rhona Malone was told that two female officers should not be deployed together when there were men on duty (BBC)
- Dean of Oxford college steps aside in long-running dispute – The head of a prestigious Oxford college has stepped aside in the latest twist in a long-running battle over his position (The Guardian)