It a recent case (Evans v Xactly) the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employee had not been subjected to harassment when he was called a “fat ginger pikey” by a colleague. What happened? Mr Evans was employed for nearly a year, when he was dismissed for ‘poor performance.’ He subsequently brought several claims, including […]
In the recent case of Hargreaves v Governing Body of Manchester Grammar School, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that it was not unfair for the school to have withheld evidence from the disciplinary panel following a teacher’s altercation with a pupil. What happened? It was alleged in 2016 that Mr Hargreaves, a teacher at Manchester […]
Are contractors really self-employed? Business often take a decision to engage contractors, who are self-employed but do they really understand what it means to be a contractor and how it may affect their organisation? How would they deal with a situation where regardless of the contract in place stating clearly that the individual they have […]
