Issue 697

A whistleblowing pandemic

The whistleblowing charity, Protect, has revealed that a fifth of whistleblowers who rang their helpline had been dismissed after raising concerns with their employers about coronavirus (COVID-19) (...).

Reasonable redundancy

When hearing an unfair dismissal claim on the basis of redundancy, tribunals have to consider the reasonableness or otherwise of the decision to dismiss. In Aramark (UK) Ltd v Fernandes, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that it was not unreasonable for an employer to refuse to place a redundant employee on an ad hoc list of workers, not least because it would not have avoided his dismissal (...).

Effect of beliefs

The law says that to claim disability discrimination, a worker has to show that the disability had a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. In Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employee with paranoid delusions was not disabled as the effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities was not long term (...).