Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us for another case of the week. Last week, we examined a claim for constructive unfair dismissal. For anyone that missed it, you can find that here. This week, we look at the case of Hall v Transport for London. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as an Engineer. The Claimant had brought claims of disability discrimination and whistleblowing detriment to an Employment Tribunal on 3 June 2019. He argued that he had been subject to unfavourable conduct stretching as far back as February 2014. While disability status was disputed, this was reso ..read more

Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week, where we look at a claim for unfair constructive dismissal. Those that missed last week’s case regarding a disability and reasonable adjustments claim, can find it here. This week’s case is Mr M Clifton v Maximus UK Services Ltd. The Claimant was employed as a business manager by the Respondent who provides employment and skills support for disabled people returning to the job market. The Claimant led a team of 6-10 people who dealt with clients and he had performance targets to meet. In or around September 2022, the Respondent r ..read more

Good morning all and thank you for joining us for our case of the week. For those that missed out on last week’s update, which involved pregnancy discrimination, you can find that here. This week, we are examining a disability and reasonable adjustments claim in the case of Miller v Rentokil Initial UK Ltd. The Claimant, Mr Miller, worked as a Pest Control Technician at the Respondent company. Described as a ‘field role’, the Claimant’s duties involved attending customer premises to carry out inspections, maintenance and treatment of pest issues, and working at height. While it was not the fo ..read more

Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. This week, we  look at whether a Claimant was entitled to enhanced maternity pay after signing a new contract with terms which were less favourable and not drawn to her attention. Those that missed our last case update of the dismissal of the Christian actress and whether it was discriminatory can find it here. This week’s case is Miss K Thomas v Maximus UK Services Ltd. The Claimant was employed as an operations manager by the Respondent who provides employment and skills support for disabled people. The Respondent was formed as a ne ..read more

Hello everyone and thank you for joining us for another case of the week update. For everyone that missed our last update about a whistleblowing claim, you can find that here. This week, we are looking at whether a Christian actress can be fairly dismissed from a lesbian role in the case of Omooba v Michael Garret Associates. The Claimant, Seyi Omooba, was employed as an actress by the two Respondents, the agency and the theatre. The Claimant grew up in a committed Christian household, as her father is a pastor who runs a Christian centred legal advice service. In September 2014, when the Cla ..read more

Welcome back to another case of the week. This week we’re looking at Unfair Dismissal, Whistleblowing and Protected Disclosures in the recent case of Wicked Vision Ltd v Rice. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as the Head of Sales at Wicked Vision Ltd from 19 November 2017 until his dismissal on 18 February 2021.  The reason given for his dismissal was redundancy.  However, the Claimant alleged that he was dismissed because he made protected disclosures about breaches of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme where employees were still required to work despite being paid fur ..read more

  Hello and thank you for joining us for our February newsletter. We’re on the homestretch towards spring and having lighter evenings again! This month, in our roundup of employment related news stories we’ve seen AI deepfake videos targeting firms, a rise in neurodiversity discrimination claims, and in our lighter side of the news, a strange way to carry out personality tests. For those of you that missed our January newsletter you can find it here.   PJH Law Annual Employment Law Update Seminar 2024 Are you ready for the latest updates in UK employment law taking effect in t ..read more

Employment Tribunals have alleged there were more than 100 neurodiversity discrimination claims in 2022 that cited dyslexia, autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, and Asperger’s. Neurodiversity describes the different ways people’s brains process information. Workplace disputes can arise when neurodivergent employees feel their performance or behaviour is being rated unfairly for reasons relating to their condition. If an employee is underperforming it becomes a capability issue. For neurodivergent employees this can often be avoided if workplace adjustments are implemented. It’s important to understand i ..read more

Personality quizzes have been a thing for a while now and is a method used to evaluate someone’s personality which is usually grouped into: listener, mediator, thinker, defender, campaigner, or energizer. A new Paradox.ai personality test has gone viral recently because of its long and bizarre scenarios it interactively places job candidates in as a blue humanoid alien that represents the job candidate. In each image it asks the candidate to “answer honestly and go with your gut” by clicking ‘Me’ if the image generally describes them or ‘Not Me’ if it does not. The answers are used to rank th ..read more

Kyle received some lovely feedback this week. H S said: “Thank you for providing a prompt and efficient service when I needed it. Kyle took the time to ensure I understood what I was being offered by my employer. He provided an assessment of terms vs. industry norms and respected my views of what to negotiate over. He supported me to make fact based decisions at stressful and emotional time. Thank you.” The post Feed Back of the Week appeared first on pjhlaw ..read more