A hotel and its manager won an appeal Tuesday to recalculate the compensation owed to a chef who was sexually harassed, with a judge ruling a tribunal should have considered any benefits the chef might have been eligible for.
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Hotel Wins Redo Of Payout To Chef Harassed By Lewd Song

By Adele Redmond

A hotel and its manager won an appeal Tuesday to recalculate the compensation owed to a chef who was sexually harassed, with a judge ruling a tribunal should have considered any benefits the chef might have been eligible for.

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Worker Fired For 3-Day Leave Allowance Complaint Wins £54K

By Adele Redmond

One of Scotland's biggest property managers must pay £54,500 ($73,000) to a lift attendant who was sacked because he complained he'd been told he was due just three days' holiday, despite working six days a week.

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Capita Apologizes For Civil Service Pension Failures

By Tom Fish

Capita PLC said Tuesday that its handling of the Civil Service Pension Scheme was "not good enough" after the government withheld £9.9 million ($13.2 million) in payments under its contract to administer the program, citing missed performance targets and service failures.

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LITIGATION

Ex-Employee Of Defunct Law Firm Wins £30K For Harassment

By Ashish Sareen

A law firm shut down for dishonesty has been ordered to pay almost £30,000 ($40,000) to a former employee after a tribunal ruled that she had been discriminated against and harassed.

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Brief

Ex-Digby Brown Adviser Can Sue For Final Paycheck

By Max Austin

A former Digby Brown legal claims adviser can continue pursuing a case over alleged cuts from his final paycheck, but a tribunal has thrown out his unfair dismissal claim, finding he filed it too late.

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POLICY & REGULATION

HMRC Admits New State Pension Tax Errors Over 4 Years

By Martin Croucher

The government has said it accidentally overtaxed millions of Britons for their state pension income over four years, but that the tax ministry is working to ensure the error will not be repeated.

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DEALS

Brief

Building Safety Biz Completes $2M Deal For Protection Co.

By Irene Madongo

Swedish company Haki Safety said Tuesday it has finalized its acquisition of the operations of construction site protection equipment maker Combisafe for $2 million from parent company PIP Global Safety.

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