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The former managing director of a multinational company spent huge amounts of company money on unjustified expenses, an Employment Tribunal has heard. The former employee – who is unnamed, as is the company, for legal reasons – brought an unfair dismissal claim involving victimisation and sexual harassment after he was
Freight company fined £50,000 after worker hit by falling pallets (HSE) A Suffolk-based freight company has been sentenced for a series of safety breaches after a forklift truck toppled and spilled its load onto a worker, breaking his back. Neil Jennings, 56, of Ipswich, was waiting for his trailer to
A London-based bank has been heavily fined by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for failures relating to its anti-money-laundering controls. Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd (“GTB”) was fined over £500,000 by the FCA earlier this month for numerous and systematic failures to put in place procedures to monitor the risk that
It was yesterday confirmed by Brighton & Hove Albion football club that Gus Poyet’s appeal against his dismissal for gross misconduct has been rejected. The former Chelsea and Tottenham star – who was also capped 26 times for Uruguay during his playing career – was manager of Brighton & Hove
There were a number of headlines related to zero hour contracts this week, with Andy Burnham, Stephen Lloyd and The Work Foundation weighing in on the matter. We’ll therefore take a look in this post at the headlines and examine why zero hour contracts generate so much controversy among politicians,
We’ll take a look at this post at cancer and disability discrimination claims, focusing upon what rights and remedies workers and employees may have if they’ve been discriminated against because (or for a reason related to) the fact that they or another person in the workplace has cancer. This will
The chief executive of Hafan Cymru, a Camarthen-based charity, has told the Employment Tribunal that she had a right to keep details of a pay rise secret from the rest of her staff. Ms Cathy Davies, chief executive of Hafan Cymru, was attending the Cardiff Employment Tribunal last week as
A high-ranking RAF nurse has accused the Royal Air Force of discrimination after a male colleague was promoted to a position ahead of her. Ms Wendy Williams, 52, is a high-ranking nurse in the RAF with the equivalent rank of a group captain. Sehe commenced employment with the RAF in
The Health and Safety Executive announced on 18 February 2013 that it would be launching a crackdown on poor health and safety practices on construction sites in Britain. Between 2011 and 2012, it is reported that 49 workers were killed on construction sites in Britain and 2,884 major injuries were
If you’re entering into negotiations relating to a compromise agreement (soon to renamed a settlement agreement) then your employer has an obligation to inform you that you should obtain independent legal advice from a relevant legal adviser. An issue for employees is therefore: who is a relevant legal adviser and
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