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ArticleEyekon Services to pay £8,980 in unfair dismissal case
Management consultancy Eyekon Services has been ordered to pay a former employee £8,980 after an employment tribunal found him to have been unfairly dismissed.A Rodgers worked as a cleaner and caretaker from June 2002 for a firm that was taken over by Glasgow-based Eyekon Services last year. Rodgers worked 37.5 ...
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ArticleTango Networks to pay £71,000 in unfair dismissal and age discrimination case
Business communications organisation Tango Networks has been ordered to pay £71,441.36 to a former employee, following a case concerning unfair dismissal and alleged age discrimination.The case, Mr M Jones v Tango Networks UK Ltd and P Hesketh, concerned a claimant originally employed as a channel account director in 2019. This ...
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ArticleAppeal finds former Lacoste employee victim of discrimination in flexible working case
Credit: Sorbis / Shutterstock.comA former Lacoste employee who was refused flexible working after maternity leave and lost her claim for indirect sex discrimination has succeeded in having the decision overturned at an employment appeal tribunal.Melissa Glover worked as an assistant manager at the fashion retailer and during her maternity leave, ...
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ArticleHastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind to pay out in unfair dismissal case
An employment tribunal has ordered Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind to pay almost £25,000, after it ruled that it had unfairly dismissed an employee.The Sussex-based charity, which supports people who are visually impaired, was found to have unfairly and wrongfully dismissed former care home manager Tracy Britcher.As ...
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ArticleSky Sports pundit Stuart Barnes wins £700,000 tax case
Credit: MikeDotta / Shutterstock.comFormer Sky Sports presenter and columnist for The Times Stuart Barnes has won a first-tier tax tribunal regarding his IR35 status, carrying £695,000 in tax liability.Barnes, who was previously a professional rugby union player before retirement, and his limited business S and L Barnes, were under investigation ...
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ArticleDisabled employability adviser wins £30,000 in discrimination claim
An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of a disabled employability adviser who was dismissed after asking for a suitable work chair while working remotely during lockdown in his discrimination claim.Justin Griffiths’ employer, Dimensions Training Solutions (DTS), which is currently in voluntary creditors liquidation, was found to have failed to ...
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ArticleTurning Point Scotland to pay £4,000 in unfair dismissal case
Scottish social care charity Turning Point Scotland has been ordered to pay £4,000 in compensation to a former employee, after it was found to have contributed to her emotional distress.A Glasgow employment tribunal heard that the charity was accused of the unfair dismissal and breach of contract of S Mutter ...
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ArticleGovernment commits to making flexible working day one right
The UK government has committed to introducing secondary legislation entitling employees to the ability to request flexible working from the first day of their employment.The government outlined plans to remove the 26-week qualifying period before employees can request flexible working, and allow them to make two flexible working requests in ...
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ArticleElectric vehicles to pay vehicle excise duty from April 2025
Autumn budget 2022: The government has announced that electric cars, vans and motorcycles will be required to pay vehicle excise duty (VED) from April 2025.According to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, this will ensure a fairer tax contribution as the take up of electric vehicles continues to accelerate. The government will legislate ...
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ArticleGovernment maintains income tax thresholds
Autumn budget 2022: The government will maintain the current freeze on income tax personal allowance and higher-rate tax thresholds until April 2028.Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons that personal tax thresholds, including income tax, will be frozen for further two years until 2028.Sian Steele, head ...
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ArticleGovernment to protect pensions triple lock
Autumn budget 2022: The government has confirmed that the pensions triple lock and credit will be protected, and rise by 10.1% in April 2023.Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons that the state pension will be uprated by inflation, rather than in line with average earnings ...
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ArticleGovernment increases national living wage by 9.7% for 2023
Image credit: photocosmos1 / Shutterstock.comAutumn budget 2022: The government has agreed to raise the national living wage by 9.7% from April 2023.In his autumn budget address to the House of Commons, Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt (pictured) stated that he had accepted recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission ...
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ArticleGovernment maintains national insurance contributions freeze
Autumn budget 2022: The government has decided to maintain the current freeze on employers' national insurance (NI) contribution thresholds for a further two years.Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons in his autumn budget that the freeze would continue to April 2028.In addition, the employment allowance ...
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ArticleGovernment reduces 45% income tax threshold
Image credit: Gints Ivuskans / Shutterstock.comAutumn budget 2022: The government has reduced the threshold at which the 45% rate of income tax becomes payable, from £150,000 to £125,140.Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt made the announcement in his autumn budget statement, noting that those earning £150,000 or more would pay ...
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ArticleCharles Gregory Solicitors to pay £32,000 after incorrect employment transfer
London law firm Charles Gregory Solicitors has been ordered to pay an employee £32,000 after it transferred his employment to another business without due notice or consultation.Eduardo Grazioli worked for regulated firm Rider Support Services from 2007 as a paralegal and later a personal injury solicitor. When the firm could ...
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ArticleMorrisons to pay £60,000 in compensation for maternity leave discrimination
Supermarket chain Morrisons has been ordered to pay £60,442.25 to a woman from Wetherby, Yorkshire, as an employment tribunal found that the employer had discriminated against her after returning from maternity leave.In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Donna Patterson, who was a buyer in Morrisons' online business, ...
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ArticleNew York judge lifts vaccine mandate and reinstates fired city employees
The New York Supreme Court has ruled that a vaccine mandate requiring all city employees to be vaccinated be overruled, and that those fired under this order be reinstated with back pay.In October 2021, David Chockshi, health commissioner of the City of New York, implemented an order that required all ...
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ArticleNew Zealand court recognises Uber drivers as employees
An employment court in New Zealand has ruled that four Uber drivers should be classed as employees, rather than contractors, entitling them to increased rights and protections.The case, originally brought in June 2022 by trade unions First Union and E t? union, concerned four drivers, and is the most recent ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail to pay upwards of £100,000 in bonus whistleblower case
Royal Mail has been ordered to pay a recommended sum of more than £100,000 to an employee due to bullying and unfair dismissal after she blew the whistle on potential fraudulent activity relating to bonuses.The case, Ms K Jhuti v Royal Mail Group, saw the claimant Kam Jhuti allege a ...
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ArticleJeremy Hunt reverses almost all mini Budget tax decisions
Image credit: photocosmos1 / Shutterstock.comIn an unscheduled budget update today (17 October), Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (pictured) has announced that the government will reverse almost all tax decisions made in the mini Budget in September, aside from those already in the process of Parliamentary legislation.Following the Mini Budget, ...