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It may not strike you as momentous, but a change to the Acas Code could well change the way you handle workers’ requests to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings.
Metroline Travel v Stoute
What does and doesn’t amount to a disability is hotly debated, as equality law continues to develop. The Metroline case centered around whether a type of diabetes that was controlled by diet satisfied the legal definition of ‘disability’. Was it an impairment which had a substantial and long-term effect on the claimant’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities?
Being a movable feast, Easter keeps us on our toes. And that’s certainly going to be the case for some employers over the next few years as they’ll have to accommodate employees’ eggstra days off. Here’s why:
Williams v Leeds United Football Club
Mr Williams was employed by Leeds as technical director when he was given notice of redundancy. His contract would terminate at the end of his 12-month notice period (as the Club later agreed), or earlier if he was guilty of gross misconduct.
By May this year, we should have a fully-functioning Fit for Work (FFW) service which aims to give clarity on employees’ ability to do their jobs.
You might remember in a previous newsletter we advised you, following the recent decision in Bear Scotland, that when calculating holiday pay you must now take into account overtime payments. Well, the Employment Tribunal in the case of Lock v British Gas has now handed down its long-awaited decision as to whether or not commission payments should also be included in holiday pay. Perhaps not surprisingly, the answer is yes.
A Grandmother has won £35,000 in damages after she had to pay £24,000 to have painful dental implants following the loss of 13 teeth. The 62 year old Grandmother from Preston was left almost completely toothless after her dentist of 30 years failed to recognise or provide correct treatment for gum disease. She has recently won £35,000 damages in an out of court settlement after taking legal action against her dentist.
Concerns regarding level of care patients receive from the British healthcare service are increasing amongst medical professionals in the North West. A multitude of people within differing professions were surveyed in the British Health Report. The British Health Report has uncovered opinions of stakeholders involved in the NHS and their services and also from medical professionals and the general public.
A woman, whose baby suffered brain damage during his birth, has won a 16-year fight against the NHS for £5.25m compensation. The mother claimed medics neglected to give her proper advice which may have meant her son had a safer caesarean birth instead. She believes she should have been made aware of all the risks surrounding her son’s birth but, as a result of complications during delivery, her son was born with severe disabilities.
A worrying snowball effect is occurring amongst Merseyside hospitals which are thought to be as a result of recent spending cuts to essential departments. Merseyside Trusts are giving out huge sums of money in medical compensation as medical blunders. £11m has been paid out in compensation claims from Liverpool Women’s Hospital and £15.6m from Arrowe Park.