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Employment UK
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August 19, 2024
Pharmacist Painted As Aggressive By Colleagues Wins £59K
A Black pharmacist has won almost £59,000 ($76,600) in his claim against Boots as a judge found that his former colleagues racially profiled him as an aggressive Black man when he complained about their behavior.
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August 19, 2024
Gov't Will Meet With Women State Pension Campaigners
The U.K. pension minister will meet with women who are owed billions in compensation due to historic state pension failings, campaigners said.
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August 19, 2024
Ex-Finance Co. Director Denies Forcing CEO's Share Transfer
The former director of a lending business has denied forcing the chief executive of the company to transfer shares by concocting a false fraud allegation, and told a London court that his report to a regulator was justified.
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August 19, 2024
Gov't Targets Consolidation In First Phase Of Pension Review
The Labour government has said that the first phase of its retirement savings review will be centered on the consolidation of the defined contribution pension market.
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August 19, 2024
Pinsent Masons Steers Aviva's £34M Macmillan Pension Deal
Aviva PLC has covered £33.7 million ($43.7 million) of pension liabilities for Macmillan Cancer Support, which covers the retirement savings plans of all the retirees and deferred members of the British charity.
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August 16, 2024
Tribunal Revives Job Seeker's Bias Claim Against Hospital Trust
An appellate tribunal on Friday revived a job applicant's discrimination claims against University College London's hospital trust, finding that a key witness wasn't "lost" simply because the witness was no longer on the payroll.
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August 16, 2024
Saudi Arabian Embassy Harassed Catholic Worker, Judge Says
An Employment Tribunal has ruled that Saudi Arabia's U.K. embassy harassed a post room clerk over her Catholic beliefs and suggested she convert to Islam.
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August 16, 2024
Judge OK To Ignore Officer's Inhaler In Disability Bias Claim
A tribunal did not need to consider a staffer's inhaler prescription when tossing his disability bias claim against a local council because there was no proof he was using the device when the alleged discrimination occurred, an appeals tribunal has ruled.
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August 16, 2024
Ex-Axiom Pros Can't Get Redress For Trade Union Breaches
Axiom Ince does not have to pay two of its former lawyers for breaches of trade union laws amid the firm's collapse because their primary office did not have enough employees, a tribunal has ruled.
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August 16, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Barry Manilow sued by music rights company Hipgnosis, a struck-off immigration lawyer take on the Solicitor's Disciplinary Tribunal and the former CEO of a collapsed bridging loan firm start proceedings against the FCA. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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August 16, 2024
Pension Scheme Endgames Pushed Back Amid Falling Yields
The average timeline for U.K. pension schemes to reach a point where they can buy out their liabilities with an insurance company was extended last month, due to falling bond yields, experts said.
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August 16, 2024
Recruiter Liable For 'Non-White Names' Candidates Comment
A recruitment consultant who overheard a colleague say they should not bother to contact candidates "with non-English names" has been awarded £12,515 ($16,150) by a tribunal after winning her case of race-related harassment.
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August 16, 2024
Redundancy Of Paralegal Over Part-Time Status Was Biased
A regional law firm discriminated against a paralegal who could not work full-time because of her disability by making her redundant for being a part-time employee, a tribunal has found.
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August 16, 2024
Pensions Body Offers Guide For Uncertainty Of Funding Code
A trade body for the pensions sector has launched a guide on the implementation of a new funding code, amid disruption caused by the timing of the general election.
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August 15, 2024
Law Firm's Delay Doesn't Derail Clients' Employment Appeal
An appellate judge ruled Wednesday that two former transport charity employees can move forward with their appeal even though their solicitors at Summit Law LLP failed to attach a copy of the original judgment to their application.
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August 15, 2024
BA Can't Limit Legal Protections To Disadvantaged Individuals
An appellate board has ruled that extending protections against indirect discrimination to people outside a particularly disadvantaged group was entirely consistent with the statute, dismissing a bid by British Airways to overturn a previous decision.
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August 15, 2024
Union Group Calls For UK To Address Gender Pension Gap
The Trades Union Congress has said retired women receive £7,000 ($9,000) a year less from their pensions than retired men, a gender gap, it warns, that is closing far too slowly.
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August 15, 2024
Gov't Urged To Unlock £16B LGPS Pensions For Investment
The U.K. government could immediately unlock around £16 billion ($20.5 billion) of investment in U.K. infrastructure just by lifting thresholds on the asset class constraining the Local Government Pension Scheme, a report found.
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August 15, 2024
RSA Beats Perimenopausal Worker's Discrimination Claim
RSA Insurance did not discriminate against an employee who claimed to have experienced symptoms of perimenopause at the time she was dismissed, an employment tribunal has found, ruling that she had exaggerated the effect of her health condition.
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August 15, 2024
Teacher Revives Claim That Local Council Forced Her To Quit
A tribunal wrongly tossed a school teacher's claim for unfair constructive dismissal against a local council based on the "irrelevant" fact that she had not worn out all three stages of the grievance appeal before quitting, an appeals judge has ruled.
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August 14, 2024
Air Travel Co.'s Flex Working Policy Disadvantaged Women
A female airport staffer has won her sex discrimination case against an air travel services provider, with a tribunal ruling that the company's policy that staff work any shift put women at a disadvantage because it conflicted with childcare commitments.
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August 14, 2024
Half Of UK Firms Unprepared For EU Pay Transparency Rules
Nearly half of U.K.-based businesses are unprepared to deal with Europe's new pay transparency rules, opening themselves up to reputational risks despite Brexit, Aon PLC said Wednesday.
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August 14, 2024
Reservist Army Major Denied Pension Plan Wins Bias Claim
A retired army reserve officer has won his claim against the Ministry of Defence alleging that its refusal to let him join the armed forces pension plan left him worse off than full-time military personnel.
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August 14, 2024
Pension Funding Surplus Rises To £475B Despite Rate Cut
The funding surplus of British retirement savings plans rose to £475.5 billion ($611 billion) at the end of July, according to official figures released on Wednesday, even as experts warned of the need to hedge against fresh interest rate cuts.
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August 14, 2024
Tribunal Must Re-Try Harassment Win Against Now-Dead Boss
An appellate tribunal has overturned a £19,000 ($24,400) payout made to an administrative assistant over claims of sexual harassment, ruling that her boss, who has since died, might have been too sick to defend himself at the time.