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Issue 22 - 06.12.2018
- 1. Older workers want part-time hours
- 2. Filmed watching porn at work
- 3. Is holiday lost if it’s not taken?
- 4. How long to respond to a grievance?
- 5. Can you dismiss during probation?
- 6. Lone workers staying late at work
- 7. Make sure you check professional qualifications
- 8. Statutory bereavement leave and pay
- 9. Q&A - must we ban “Merry Christmas”?
Issue 21 - 22.11.2018
- 1. The 2019/20 NLW and NMW rates
- 2. No smoking or vaping during breaks
- 3. EU employee status post-Brexit
- 4. Employee is refusing to sign their contract
- 5. Disciplinary procedures and witness statements
- 6. Must staff wear safety footwear at all times?
- 7. Why wasn’t being called a “fat ginger pikey” harassment?
- 8. Employers’ NI on termination payments
- 9. Q&A - are arbitration clauses binding?
Issue 20 - 08.11.2018
- 1. UK is the “sickie capital” of Europe
- 2. Employer liable for boss’s private party punch
- 3. Applicant who was “too old to apply” awarded £3,000
- 4. The benefits of staff suggestion schemes
- 5. Checking employees’ driving licences
- 6. Employee space - how much to give?
- 7. TUPE and changes to contractual terms
- 8. £120,000 fine for unencrypted USB stick
- 9. Q&A - holiday pay and gross misconduct
Issue 19 - 25.10.2018
- 1. Liability for undisclosed disabilities?
- 2. Unfairly dismissed for calling boss “a tw@t”
- 3. Cancer diagnosis during disciplinary proceedings
- 4. Allowing employees to buy extra holiday
- 5. Employment contracts: the implied duty of fidelity
- 6. Tribunal statistics and awards
- 7. Q&A - the storage of cleaning materials
Issue 18 - 11.10.2018
- 1. Should contracts be signed?
- 2. Do you need workplace banter training?
- 3. Fake reference costs employee £4,725
- 4. How to handle a lengthy written grievance
- 5. Why disclose your sickness absence costs?
- 6. Is it safe to let employees do odd jobs?
- 7. Trial runs for job vacancies?
- 8. Parental bereavement leave and pay
- 9. Q&A - extra pay when the clocks change
Issue 17 - 27.09.2018
- 1. Resignations to stay private?
- 2. Unfairly dismissed over “knob head” e-mail
- 3. Not back from annual leave as return flight cancelled
- 4. Statutory sick pay and non-emergency procedures
- 5. Employer spends £64,534 defending tribunal claim
- 6. How to safely extend a fixed-term contract
- 7. The Equality Act and mysterious beliefs
- 8. Childcare voucher scheme closing
- 9. Q&A - asking about age in an interview?
Issue 16 - 13.09.2018
- 1. £8,000 for “fabricated” illness
- 2. More employees want to start work before 9.00am
- 3. Gross misconduct or an error of judgement?
- 4. How to check right to work documents
- 5. Awkward antenatal appointment requests
- 6. Employees with visual impairments
- 7. Keeping a lid on workplace germs this winter
- 8. Q&A - “no deal” Brexit and employment law
- 9. Q&A - statement of reasons for dismissal
Issue 15 - 31.08.2018
- 1. Should you ban “love” at work?
- 2. Employee denied company vehicle wins £10,000
- 3. The NMW and workers who sleep at work
- 4. Employee photos on websites and the GDPR
- 5. Accepting contractual variations
- 6. Requests to reschedule a disciplinary hearing
- 7. Right to time off for public duties extended
- 8. Inducements to opt out of auto-enrolment
- 9. Q&A - job ads and minimum experience
Issue 14 - 05.07.2018
- 1. Substance misuse assistance
- 2. Fleeting comment = a constructive dismissal
- 3. Getting property back from departing employees
- 4. When should a disciplinary investigation start?
- 5. When can “without prejudice” be used?
- 6. Must you have a qualified first aider?
- 7. Warning over 60 days’ sickness was discriminatory
- 8. Continuing to work in a heatwave
- 9. Q&A - can the tribunal freeze our assets?
Issue 13 - 21.06.2018
- 1. The GDPR reference exemption
- 2. Employee accused of theft awarded £20,000
- 3. Dependants’ leave during school holidays
- 4. Training fees, maternity leave and discrimination
- 5. The danger of threatening a pay cut
- 6. A motivational trick to improve performance
- 7. Returning to work after a stroke
- 8. Q&A - no medical evidence submitted
Issue 12 - 07.06.2018
- 1. The GDPR: personal data breaches
- 2. Employees’ top excuses for lateness
- 3. Disability discrimination due to the menopause
- 4. Unfairly dismissed: the missing receipt and appeal
- 5. Staff car parking allocations and disagreements
- 6. A grievance because they didn’t get promoted
- 7. Staff collections: happy event headaches
- 8. Hidden message in strike by Acas staff
- 9. Q&A - overpaid in last salary payment
Issue 11 - 24.05.2018
- 1. The HQ Trivia challenge
- 2. £55,000 for being told to lie about marital status
- 3. When does a notice of termination take effect?
- 4. Holiday - last minute changes to plans
- 5. How long can we hold CVs on file?
- 6. Lost equipment and lawful deductions from wages
- 7. Disclosing and asking about pregnancy
- 8. Right to itemised payslips extended
- 9. Q&A - working under the influence of alcohol
Issue 10 - 11.05.2018
- 1. GDPR record of processing activities
- 2. Employee called a “whinger” wins £26,000
- 3. Enhanced maternity pay and shared parental pay
- 4. I’m off sick so don’t contact me!
- 5. Safe to put restrictive covenants in all contracts?
- 6. Aches and pains caused by a computer mouse
- 7. The common sense “no food at desks” rule
- 8. Q&A - can we record a disciplinary hearing?
Issue 09 - 26.04.2018
- 1. References: OK to give an opinion?
- 2. Omission from disciplinary notice costs £19,000
- 3. The GDPR and the right to be forgotten
- 4. Redundancy: must you consider bumping?
- 5. Disciplinary proceedings: how to interview a witness
- 6. Managing an employee with diabetes
- 7. Will the tribunal reject a claim with no details?
- 8. Q&A - must the only applicant get the job?
- 9. Q&A - recouping the cost of unused ’flu jabs
Issue 08 - 12.04.2018
- 1. £11,000 for mimicking an accent
- 2. Covert recordings of private discussions
- 3. Staff uniform requirement breaches NMW laws
- 4. New employee lied on their CV - what now?
- 5. Is a pre-cancerous condition a disability?
- 6. The grieving pet owner
- 7. Dealing with a drink-driving employee
- 8. Q&A - eye tests for smartphone users?
Issue 07 - 29.03.2018
- 1. Dismissed but you didn’t know she was pregnant
- 2. A mandatory GDPR privacy notice for staff
- 3. Interview questions about mental health conditions
- 4. Disciplinary proceedings: it’s decision time
- 5. Must you risk assess reasonable adjustments?
- 6. Can agency workers’ rights be offset?
- 7. Tribunal claims up by 90%
- 8. Q&A - pay and public transport disruptions
Issue 06 - 15.03.2018
- 1. Inappropriate language policy?
- 2. £1,000 tribunal award for spending a penny
- 3. Lay-offs: closures due to supply problems
- 4. Can I leave before my notice period ends?
- 5. Sickness absence over bank holidays
- 6. Kneeling chairs: are they OK or not?
- 7. Bad attitude: is it a misconduct or capability issue?
- 8. Q&A - the GDPR and external HR advisors
Issue 05 - 01.03.2018
- 1. Do your employees know what SSP is?
- 2. Fixed-term contract employee wins unfair dismissal
- 3. A new but repetitive grievance
- 4. Right to work checks on long-standing employees?
- 5. Keeping your workplace clean and tidy
- 6. Offering an unpaid internship: what’s the problem?
- 7. Q&A - flexible working: what can they claim?
- 8. Statutory holiday: spot the difference
Issue 04 - 15.02.2018
- 1. Tax changes to PILON payments
- 2. Covert CCTV breaches human rights laws
- 3. Resignations during disciplinary proceedings
- 4. Answering the phone was disability discrimination
- 5. Can you please keep my name out of it?
- 6. Is a “must be clean shaven” rule legal?
- 7. 1,000s of fake degrees flood the UK
- 8. Q&A - employment contracts and the GDPR
Issue 03 - 01.02.2018
- 1. Goodbye Working Time Regulations?
- 2. Medical conditions and perceived discrimination
- 3. Trivial benefits are not so trivial
- 4. What are the potentially fair reasons for dismissal?
- 5. Raised a grievance then resigned
- 6. The law on employment contracts
- 7. Porn stored and accessed on work PCs
- 8. Acas’ new pregnancy and maternity guidance
- 9. Q&A - reviewing job descriptions
Issue 02 - 18.01.2018
- 1. Tribunal claims shoot up by 64%
- 2. Saying “Go back to Poland” was race discrimination
- 3. Suspended employee wins £236,000 compensation
- 4. Employee keeps going home sick
- 5. Softening the blow of a dismissal
- 6. A potential candidate for promotion?
- 7. Who is entitled to take statutory paternity leave?
- 8. Q&A - workplace closures and pay
- 9. Q&A - maximum working under an opt-out
Issue 01 - 21.12.2017
- 1. Employer fined £140,000 after employee scalded
- 2. Fit for work referral service to be axed
- 3. Entitled to the same job after maternity leave?
- 4. When should weekly rest breaks be taken?
- 5. Can you rely on a note that says “I quit”?
- 6. Unfair dismissal: no evidence of right to work in UK
- 7. Full guidance on the GDPR

Disability discrimination

11 May 2018

Employee called a “whinger” wins £26,000

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been ordered to pay a disabled employee £26,000. What did bosses at the DWP do which enabled this employee to claim a sizeable amount of compensation?

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