Mr Skelton was a senior IT internal auditor employed by Wm Morrisons Supermarkets plc.  In July 2013, he was given a formal verbal warning which left him holding a grudge against Morrisons.  A few months later, Morrisons’ external auditor asked Morrisons to provide payroll data in connection with the annual audit.   Having provided this informationRead more about Data Protection: Employer vicariously liable for a rogue employee’s internet disclosure of 100,000 employees’ personal information[…]

The Government has announced that the majority of employees working in the Health and Social Care sector will be able to apply for settled status under the new EU Settlement Scheme pilot between 29 November and 21 December 2018. This is the new status for EU national’s post-Brexit that will allow them to continue toRead more about EU Settlement Scheme: Helping you support EU staff[…]

K was a paid legal trainee. During the last months of this traineeship, he refrained from taking paid annual leave. After his traineeship ended, he requested an allowance in lieu of the days of leave which he had not taken, which his employer refused to pay relying on German national law. K challenged that refusalRead more about Holiday Pay: Employers need to show they have encouraged their workers to take the holiday they have accrued[…]

Ms Agarwal is a consultant urological surgeon employed by Cardiff University.  The University withheld part of her salary, saying that she was not contractually entitled to it.  The employment tribunal held that it did not have jurisdiction to determine the underlying contractual dispute. The Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed with the tribunal, and Ms Agarwal appealedRead more about Employment Tribunals: Claims of unlawful deductions from wages[…]

Mr Evans was employed by Xactly Corporation Limited as a sales representative.  Having not made any sales in the first eleven and a half months of his employment, and having refused to take guidance from his manager, his employment was terminated.  The tribunal found that it had been terminated because of a break down inRead more about Discrimination: Was it harassment to call a colleague with Type 1 Diabetes a “fat ginger pikey”?[…]

Mr Osipov was the CEO of International Petroleum Ltd (IPL), an oil and gas exploration company operating in Niger in June 2014. Within days of joining IPL, Mr Osipov discovered serious wrongdoing by senior employees and made a number of protected disclosures about corporate governance and compliance with local law. He was subsequently dismissed byRead more about Whistleblowing: Individual workers can be liable for a whistleblowing dismissal[…]

  As reported last year, the High Court found that Northampton Recruitment Ltd was not vicariously liable for the actions of its managing director when he assaulted an employee, causing him permanent brain damage.  The Court of Appeal has overturned this decision. Mr Major, the managing director, who had arranged the company’s Christmas party andRead more about Vicarious Liability: Employer vicariously liable for Managing Director’s assault[…]

  All workers are entitled to receive a payment in lieu of untaken statutory holiday when their employment is terminated – whatever the reason for the termination. Every worker is entitled to receive a minimum of 5.6 weeks holiday per year (pro-rated for part time staff) and employers cannot contract out of this. This isRead more about Payment In Lieu of Outstanding Holidays on Termination[…]