Employment law stories in the news – 08.03.2021 to 14.03.2021
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 8 March 2021 and 14 March 2021
- Low Pay Commission to review minimum wage exemption for domestic staff – The government has asked the Low Pay Commission to review a rule exempting live-in domestic workers from minimum wage regulations (The Guardian)
- Swansea University ‘catastrophic failure of governance’ claim – There has been a “catastrophic failure of governance” at Swansea University, according to a dismissed academic cleared of criminal wrongdoing. Prof Marc Clement was sacked for gross misconduct, with bribery allegations reported to police (BBC)
- Union alleges Yodel underpaid night shift workers – Hundreds of workers at parcel delivery firm Yodel could have been underpaid for their night shifts to the tune of £1,000 each, the GMB Union has claimed (Personnel Today)
- Sellafield nuclear site a ‘toxic mix of bullying and harassment’ – A “toxic culture” of bullying and harassment at Sellafield could let serious safety concerns go unreported, whistleblowers have told the BBC. In a leaked letter, the nuclear site’s group for ethnic minority staff described “shocking stories” of racial abuse (BBC)
- Human rights commission asked to examine racism in English cricket – The Equality and Human Rights Commission will be asked to conduct an investigation into racism in English cricket following a number of disturbing revelations from black and Asian players and umpires about their experiences in the game, the Guardian can reveal (The Guardian)
- Judge Clare Gilham ‘bullied to brink of suicide’ after she raised fears over cuts – A judge who said that she was bullied after complaining about cuts to the justice system has received a payout for harassment and discrimination (The Times)
- Employment law specialist wins £168,000 in unfair dismissal case – An employment tribunal remedy hearing last week awarded a university law lecturer £168,000 for constructive unfair dismissal (Personnel Today)
- Multiple employment claims shoot up as Covid hits working conditions – Multiple claims in the employment tribunal nearly doubled towards the end of 2020 as the effects of the pandemic took effect (The Law Society Gazette)
- York St John lecturer sacked over ‘love’ texts to university student – A married university lecturer was sacked after exchanging thousands of text messages with a student 30 years his junior and recording a love “letter” in which he said: “I want you to be part of my soul.” (The Times)
- Citi heading to trial with forex trader – Citigroup is headed to trial over allegations it “framed” a former foreign exchange trader to save itself during a market-manipulation scandal, after failing to have a $112m lawsuit he filed thrown out of court (Financial Times)