The government has issued a consultation paper asking for views on improving protection for women against unfair dismissal after having a baby (...).
Although employers have a duty of care towards their employees, the High Court has held in Piepenbrock v The London School of Economics and Political Science that the university did not breach the duty of care nor was the employee’s depressive illness reasonably foreseeable following an unsubstantiated claim of improper sexual behaviour (...).
The High Court has held in Ardron v Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust that, in a case of alleged gross misconduct, the employer does not have to consider each alleged failing individually. Instead, if they are inter-related, they should be considered cumulatively. The temporary injunction stopping the employer from going ahead with disciplinary proceedings should therefore be discontinued (...).