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Employment UK
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January 27, 2025
Past Unproven Assault Claim Drove Doctor's Unfair Dismissal
An employment tribunal has ruled that a London hospital unfairly fired one of its doctors over unproven allegations of sexual misconduct without thoroughly investigating the matter.
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January 27, 2025
Employment Rights Body Starts To Probe 2 Freelancer Apps
The U.K.'s employment rights minister has warned two freelancer apps that they might be failing to provide users with proper pay and holiday entitlements, as the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate probes their operations.
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January 27, 2025
Former Construction Execs Sued For £1.4M Over Rival Biz
Three subsidiaries of a construction testing company have sued the former directors of a firm it acquired for allegedly breaching the terms of the sale by setting up a competing business and poaching clients.
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January 27, 2025
Nurse Sues For Race Bias Over Referral To Regulator
A decision by a private healthcare provider to refer one of its former nurses to a regulator after she resigned was an act of race discrimination, the ex-worker argued at an employment tribunal on Monday.
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January 27, 2025
Ex-Paramedic Wins £33K Over Zero Pay During Sick Leave
An ambulance service must pay a former paramedic £32,500 ($40,600) after discriminating against the employee when it stopped paying her after an extended period of sick leave, a tribunal has ruled.
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January 27, 2025
UK Pension Deals Market Set To Hit £70B In 2025, WTW says
The pension deal market in the U.K. is likely to hit £70 billion ($88 billion) in 2025, broker WTW said Monday, as funding levels continue to improve, and more insurance companies enter the market.
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January 24, 2025
Manchester United Ambassador Liable For Tax On £450K
An ambassador for the Manchester United Football Club is liable for additional taxes on about £450,000 ($562,000) paid by the club over 16 months, but he successfully appealed assessments on about £1.1 million received during several other years, according to a First-tier Tribunal decision.
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January 24, 2025
UK Gov't Launches Review Of HMRC Loan Charge
HM Treasury has launched a review into the U.K. tax authority's loan charge targeting individuals who incurred hefty tax bills after signing up for disguised remuneration schemes, a move critics claim has unfairly hit tens of thousands of contractors.
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January 24, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Axa Insurance and Admiral face a claim from a former lawyer recently exposed for personal injury fraud, the owner of Reading Football Club sue a prospective buyer and mobile network Lycamobile tackle action by Spanish network Yogio. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 24, 2025
Ex-AXA Staffer Can Retry 10-Year-Old Bias Claim
An appellate judge has ruled that the employment tribunal must take a second look at a former AXA unit employee's disability discrimination claim after the lower tribunal found a nine-year delay made a fair hearing impossible.
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January 24, 2025
Eversheds Guides £53M Pension Deal For Building Co.
Buildings insulations maker Rockwool secured its pension scheme through a £53 million ($66 million) full scheme buy-in transaction with Royal London Group guided by Eversheds Sutherland, an insurance broker said Friday.
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January 24, 2025
Tesco Can't Use Expert Economic Evidence In Equal Pay Case
A tribunal has held that Tesco cannot call on expert economic evidence as it looks to win its equal pay battle with thousands of staff members, ruling that the supermarket chain is capable of producing its own evidence.
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January 24, 2025
Gov't Stats Reveal 13% Of Pensioners Living In Poverty
The government has said that approximately 13% of pensioners are living in poverty, publishing figures that shine further light on the issue of retirement deprivation that is now under parliamentary scrutiny.
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January 23, 2025
Assistant Wasn't Forced Out Over Son's Job Offer, Judge Says
An assistant was not forced out of her role at a specialist healthcare sector recruiter after the company questioned her involvement in the process that led to her son being given a job offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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January 23, 2025
Union Organizer To Lead Dispute Resolution At Acas
The employment arbitration body has named the former head of organizing at the Trade Union Congress as its new director of dispute resolution, the body said Thursday.
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January 23, 2025
Actuaries Body Wants Separate Inheritance Tax For Pensions
The government must consider a separate inheritance tax regime for pension assets, a trade body said, warning that proposed reforms were unworkable as currently drafted.
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January 23, 2025
Gov't Floats Tweak To Pension Tax As £49M Returned
The government confirmed Thursday that it will close a controversial loophole that has resulted in retirees being overtaxed to the tune of £1.3 billion ($1.6 billion) over the past decade.
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January 23, 2025
Hair Stylist Pushed Out For Being Pregnant Wins £89K
A hair stylist who was subjected to a campaign of mistreatment after she told her workplace that she was pregnant has won more than £89,000 ($109,580), with an employment tribunal ruling that the discrimination forced her to resign.
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January 23, 2025
Police Sanction Of Sex Pest Cop Deficient, Appeal Court Finds
The Metropolitan Police said it would reconvene a misconduct panel to interrogate historical claims of sexual harassment against a former detective chief inspector with the London force after the Court of Appeal ruled it had provided inadequate reasons for its initial sanction.
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January 22, 2025
TSB Must Face Most Of Adviser's Sex, Race Bias Claims
TSB Bank must face an employee's sex and race bias claims after an employment tribunal ruled that it could not resolve the differences between the two versions of events without going to trial.
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January 22, 2025
Cleaner Fired For Taking 400 Sick Days In 4 Years Wins £50K
A hospital cleaner has won approximately £50,000 ($61,600) from her former employer after a tribunal ruled that her superiors failed repeatedly to accommodate her complex mental health issues before they decided to fire her.
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January 22, 2025
UK Gov't To Tap Into Bank Accounts Of Benefits Fraudsters
Benefits cheats who fail to reimburse taxpayers could have cash owed taken directly from their bank accounts, as part of the U.K. government's plan to launch the "biggest fraud crackdown in a generation."
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January 22, 2025
UK Gov't Maintains Pensions Enrollment Earning Trigger
The government has said it will retain the current earnings threshold at which workers are automatically enrolled into pension plans, despite an intention to reform the rules.
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January 22, 2025
Payslip Tech CEO Wins £93K For Spite-Firing Over Salary
A tech company must pay its former chief executive £92,800 ($115,000) after it unfairly dismissed him because of "resentment" over his high earnings, a tribunal has ruled.
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January 22, 2025
Snooker Star's Biz Files £10M Claim Over Player Contracts
A company part-owned by snooker world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has lodged a claim with the Competition Appeal Tribunal over contract terms that prevent players from taking part in tournaments not organized by the sport's major governing body.