Employment law stories in the news – 12.04.2021 to 18.04.2021
In the latest of our series of posts on employment law stories in the news we take a look at ten employment law stories that made headlines between 12 April 2021 and 18 April 2021
- Married City exec who was sacked for making ‘sleazy’ drunken pass at junior colleague he told was a ‘7 out of 10’ fails in bid to overturn unfair dismissal – A married City executive who was sacked for making a ‘sleazy’ drunken pass at a junior colleague he told was a ‘7 out of 10’ has failed in his bid to overturn an unfair dismissal (The Daily Mail)
- Office manager denied remote working because boss ‘knew what was best for her’ awarded £60k at tribunal – Mum who wanted to work by son’s hospital bed was constructively unfairly dismissed and directly discriminated against on the grounds of sex, court rules (People Management)
- Older white people who use term ‘coloured’ are not necessarily racist, judge rules – Older white people who use the term “coloured” are not necessarily racist as they have not had “multicultural acquaintances”, a judge has ruled (The Telegraph)
- BT ordered to pay £80K to former employee who took race and sexism claim to tribunal – BT has been forced to compensate a former employee after job offers she secured were withdrawn and instead awarded to white men (Bristol Post)
- Lord Ranger called worker who feared abuse a ‘silly girl’ – A Conservative peer victimised a female employee by calling her a “scumbag”, “silly girl” and “proper quarrelsome woman” after she complained of workplace harassment (The Sunday Times)
- Thousands in UK may have missed out on work rights redress, study finds – A four-year policy of charging workers up to £1,200 to take law-breaking bosses to court was based on misleading data, a study has found, meaning thousands of people may have wrongly missed out on redress for breaches of employment rights (The Guardian)
- JPMorgan sued by London trader fired over spoofing claim – A former JPMorgan Chase & Co trader who was fired over a spoofing allegation said he was only dismissed because the bank wanted to “appease” US regulators following a scandal that cost the bank close to US$1 billion in penalties (The Edge Markets)
- Barclays banker given £10k pay-out in toilet access case – A banker who has Crohn’s disease has been awarded £9,692 after an employment tribunal found that his employer failed to make reasonable adjustments by not improving his proximity to toilet facilities (Personnel Today)
- Man who said ‘girls in short skirts are inviting rape’ wins unfair dismissal – A man who said girls who wear short skirts are inviting rape should not have been fired, a tribunal has ruled. Raja Minhas, 44, was promoting Sky products with Mia Klemetti at a shopping centre stand on June 6, 2019 (Metro)
- Salesperson asked ‘can I get you pregnant?’ wins sex discrimination claim – A salesperson at a courier firm who was subjected to ‘demeaning’ and explicit sexual comments has won her claim for sex discrimination, harassment and constructive dismissal at an employment tribunal (Personnel Today)