Employment law stories in the news – 29.06.2020 to 05.07.2020
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 29 June 2020 and 5 July 2020
- Pregnant financial analyst is awarded £4,000 after her boss said she was ‘letting the team down’ by going to antenatal check-up – A pregnant finance analyst was awarded £4,000 after her boss told her she was ‘letting the team down’ by attending an antenatal appointment (Mail Online)
- Tribunal strikes out “vexatious” claims against leading firm – A former employee of national law firm Shoosmiths – who was awarded £1,000 in damages for harassment back in 2017 – has had a string of further claims thrown out, with an employment tribunal branding them vexatious (Legal Futures)
- Manufacturing company fined after worker fatally injured – IFG Drake Ltd has been fined after a worker suffered fatal crush injuries whilst working on a machine at the site in Huddersfield (HSE)
- Former company behind Leyland’s Withy Arms fined £25,000 over unfair sacking – The former company behind a Lancashire pub has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 after it was found it unfairly sacked one of its employees (Lancashire Live)
- Slough support worker wins £15,000 payout after pregnancy discrimination – A former family support worker has been awarded thousands of pounds after she was discriminated against by Slough Children’s Services Trust after suffering a miscarriage (Slough Express)
- ‘Dictatorial’ high-flyer loses sexism tribunal – A woman who took her bosses at a FTSE 100 company to employment tribunal has lost her claim that sexism led to her being sacked after staff told of her “dictatorial” attitude in the office (The Times)
- Lecturer called ‘mad as a box of frogs’ wins constructive dismissal claim – A former university lecturer has successfully brought a constructive unfair dismissal claim at an employment tribunal after the education establishment failed to reduce her workload despite her mental health struggles (Personnel Today)
- Barrister raises £60k to sue chambers and charity – A criminal defence barrister who is suing her chambers and LGBT charity Stonewall for alleged victimisation has vowed ‘not to be deterred’ after her crowdfunding web page – which has raised over £60,000 – was suspended over the weekend (The Law Society Gazette)
- Former Styles & Wood bosses win £180,000 employment tribunal – Former Styles & Wood directors Tony Lenehan and Phil Lanigan have been awarded more than £180,000 in compensation between them after winning an employment tribunal against their former employer (Building)
- KPMG fires trainee for gross misconduct – The UK wing of KPMG has parted ways with an audit trainee, following a series of strange altercations with the professional services giant’s management (Consultancy.co.uk)