By Maria Camara Most employees facing disciplinary proceedings assume that the manager sitting opposite them will decide their fate. That seems reasonable enough. The manager
Category: News From The Employment Tribunals
Autistic Job Applicant’s Stress Misjudged: Tribunal Warned Against Making Assumptions About Disability
An employment tribunal was wrong to assume that an autistic job applicant was not stressed simply because he appeared confident during an interview. The Employment
Unfairly Dismissed – Then Blamed for Not Finding Another Job
The Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision in Kirkland v Caroline Mason trading as Hawthorn Education Services [2026] EAT 108 raises important questions about compensation, the obligation
When Words Hurt: Mental Health, Workplace Harassment and the Lessons of McManus v British Airways
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a worker’s mental health can influence whether unwanted conduct amounts to unlawful harassment. But its latest ruling also
The Right to Be Accompanied: A Legal Protection With a Dangerous Loophole
SOLIDARITY TRADE UNION | EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & CASE LAW Wolfe v Taka Mayfair Ltd [2026] EAT 106 A worker is called into a meeting with
Understanding Pay Gaps: Lessons from Next v Thandi
Equal pay cases rarely arrive with fireworks. They tend to come wrapped in spreadsheets, job descriptions and long arguments about “material factors”. But every so