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Great to see the support and programme of events on offer locally, as part of the What's on Derry Strabane Disability Awareness Week! Click on the link below to see the programme of events; https://www.derrystrabane.com/disabilityweek    

      Defendant lawyers have predicted that they will be emboldened to make more wasted costs applications after securing an order that claimants should pay for running a flawed case. In a blog post, Kennedys senior associate Nicola Smith and partner...

Figures delayed as police and borders bills pass through parliament Police stop and search people during the Notting Hill Carnival. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters Campaigners said the withholding of key data appeared to be an attempt to avoid negative headlines...

In Gibson v Lothian Leisure an employee successfully persuaded a tribunal that his concerns about the safety of his workplace rendered his subsequent dismissal automatically unfair.   G was employed as a restaurant chef. He was good at his job and had been...

In Montanaro v Lansafe , an employment tribunal has decided that an employee who stayed in Italy at the beginning of the pandemic was unfairly dismissed by his employer.   The claimant was an Italian IT professional who usually worked in the UK. The claimant had...

Organisations across Northern Ireland are now considering what ‘hybrid’ means for them, how they will respond in meeting employee preferences, and what will need to be in place in order to match employer business needs and expectations with employee preferences for...

Anonymised Claimant v Anonymised Respondent 4865/17 "The unanimous judgment of the tribunal is that the respondent unlawfully harassed the claimant on grounds of sex and unlawfully discriminated against the claimant on grounds of sex.  The claimant was awarded...

Concerns are being raised over a Covid-related backlog of tribunal cases involving people who believe they have lost their jobs unfairly. Official figures show the number of outstanding employment tribunal cases is greater than during the financial crisis of a decade...

As World Menopause Day is marked, Labour’s Carolyn Harris says she is determined to bring change for those left to suffer Carolyn Harris remembers hearing her mother and aunties talking about “the change”. She was told to make a cup of tea and sent out of the room. “I...

      To what extent do workers have to put up with “blunt” comments and “direct” management styles?   In-house counsel, Miss Sithirapathy, claimed she’d been discriminated against by her employer PSI CRO UK Ltd. PSI is based in the UK and...

      Can your social media posts get you into trouble at work? You may have heard that England lost the 2020 Euro final 3-2 on penalties. Heart breaking - but then the racist tweets began. Arrests have followed and a high-profile estate agents...

Many workers have come to value the option of working at home for part of the week. They find they’re more productive and the routine fits well around their lives.   ACAS has issued guidance on hybrid working. Employers opting for hybrid working will need to...