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
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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
Duffy v House of Gods: Key Insights on Interim Relief for Workers
In late 2025, a hotel worker at Edinburgh’s boutique “House of Gods” found himself out of a job after a chaotic evening shift that ended
DHL v Ignatowicz: When Facebook, Workplace Grievances and the Law Collide
An EAT judgment that exposes the uneasy frontier between employee expression, employer control, and the limits of reinstatement Some cases arrive at the Employment Appeal