Employment Tribunal cases in the news – 23.09.2013 to 29.09.2013
A round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported in the week beginning 23 September 2013, including a call-centre worker awarded £13,000 in damages in the Employment Tribunal for sexual harassment, a failed bid by Lord Alan Sugar’s legal team to claim for costs against Stella English and an Employment Tribunal that has rejected an unfair dismissal claim after a £76,000 redundancy payment was paid to an ex-postal worker.
- Call centre worker awarded £13k in damages for sexual harassment at Merseyside firm – A young woman who claimed she was sexually harassed by her boss has won nearly £13,000 in damages from her former employers (The Liverpool Echo)
- Apprentice’s Stella English will not have to pay Lord Sugar’s legal fees – Lord Sugar’s bid to recover legal costs from former Apprentice winner Stella English has failed, a tribunal panel has ruled (The Guardian)
- Black fire commander ‘was called Frank Bruno by other firefighters and passed over for promotion for seven years’ – A black fire station commander is suing bosses for race discrimination, claiming colleagues nicknamed him ‘Frank’ after the boxer Frank Bruno (The Mail Online)
- Woman faces financial ruin after suing Southend Hospital – A woman who tried to sue Southend Hospital alleging managers bullied her for months after she blew the whistle regarding a colleague is facing financial ruin (The Halsted Gazette)
- Shop worker wins holiday pay after dispute – A former shop assistant has been awarded £176 from her former employer following a dispute over holiday pay (The Oxford Mail)
- Former chairman Martin Watts taking RCHT to employment tribunal – The former chairman of the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) is taking his former employer to an employment tribunal and pushing for reinstatement (This is Cornwall)
- Ex-RBS Trader Fired Over Libor-Rigging Sues for Unfair Dismissal – A former Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc trader sued the lender over his firing for alleged misconduct related to manipulation of benchmark interest rates (Bloomberg)
- Security guards win £25,000 from employment tribunal – Four Fife security guards have won redundancy payments totalling more than £25,000 for refusing to move to jobs in Dundee (The Courier)
- Dumfries and Galloway Council seeks equal pay deal – A council has said it hopes to reach a negotiated settlement after losing a multi-million pound equal pay case (BBC)
- Tribunal delivers rejection for unfair dismissal claim after hearing Dudley postie manager got £76k payout – A Dudley-based Royal Mail manager’s claim for unfair dismissal was rejected after a tribunal heard he accepted a £76,000 redundancy payout (Dudley News)