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It’s been reported that employers in the Philippines who discriminate on grounds of age could get more than they bargained for.
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Punjab National Bank v Gosain
You may think there’s something underhand about an employee covertly recording their disciplinary or grievance hearing. But don’t bank on an employment tribunal sharing your outrage and excluding the evidence.
If it’s relevant to the employee’s case, then the tribunal is probably going to want to hear it.
There was a big change in April. Employees must now notify Acas (by telephone, or by filling in a form which can be posted or submitted online) before they are allowed to bring an employment tribunal claim. This was optional from 6th April, and became compulsory on 6thMay.
Unfair dismissal upheld in tribunal case Lyons v DWP JobCentre Plus
The beginning of pregnancy is also the start of a woman’s protected period for employment law purposes. That means that right up until the end of her maternity leave she must not be treated unfavourably because of the pregnancy or because of any illness she suffers as a result of her pregnancy.
Case C 167/12 CD v ST
It’s usually obvious who is entitled to maternity rights. But not so where surrogacy is concerned. Who has the right to maternity pay, maternity leave etc – the surrogate mother who gave birth, or the commissioning mother?
Moran v Ideal Cleaning Services
Agency workers are not employees. But over the years the distinction between the two has blurred. Agency workers with at least 12 weeks’ service are now entitled to the same basic employment rights and working conditions as if they had been recruited directly. It’s valuable protection that goes some way towards levelling the playing field between these temporary workers and the employees they work alongside.
A woman has made an official complaint about her mothers care after the elderly woman was discharged from hospital with incontinence pads wrapped around both of her legs instead of dressings.