The government has issued a call to all UK employers to be more vigilant in spotting signs of domestic abuse among their staff, ensure they are noticing warning signs and help workers access the support they need. More …
It is not always easy for tribunals to identify a claimant’s employer particularly if there is little or no written documentation. In Aftala Norfolk Ltd t/a Papa John’s Pizza and Whitestone Norwich Ltd t/a Papa John’s Pizza v Read, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal was wrong to find that both companies were liable for paying the claimant compensation when all the evidence indicated that Aftala Norfolk Ltd was her employer. More …
For a whistleblowing claim to succeed, the claimant has to show that they have made a qualifying disclosure. In Dray Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, the Court of Appeal held that although the tribunal had not set out the relevant law for dismissing Mr Simpson’s claims, it did not make an error of law when it decided that it was “utterly fanciful” for him to attribute his dismissal to the protected disclosures that he claimed to have made. More …