The EAT has overturned the tribunal’s reasoning in a case on dismissal for long-term sickness absence. A particular feature of the case, Monmouthshire County Council v Harris, is that there had been a failure to make reasonable adjustments (allowing homeworking), but these would not have helped if made at the time of dismissal. The case... Read more »
New cases have considered indirect discrimination claims by someone without the protected characteristic, associative victimisation, and allowing a company to claim for discrimination due to someone else’s age. For claims of direct discrimination and harassment (but not reasonable adjustments), it has been understood for some years now that it need not be the claimant who... Read more »
In Stevens v University of Birmingham, the High Court has held that on the facts it would breach the contractual duty of mutual trust and confidence for the claimant not to be allowed to be accompanied by a member of a medical defence organisation (not a colleague or union representative) in an investigatory meeting. See... Read more »
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has formally ratified its revalidation procedure for nurses and midwives and published its official guidance How to revalidate with the NMC, which is effective from April 2016. All nurses and midwives will have to demonstrate they are up to date in their practice and are upholding the values of... Read more »
