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Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test while taking cannabis for his bad back Recycling worker Carl Pamment wins unfair dismissal case against employer Pamment had been taking cannabis to help deal with his severe back pain Renewi UK Services fired him claiming he posed safety risk ‘under … Read more
Classic car expert wins £30,000 unfair dismissal payout after he was sacked for complaining about his boss on Facebook Classic car expert Michael Austin had a blazing row with Matthew Robinson Mr Austin made a Facebook post saying he had never ‘felt so low in my life’ His friends posted ‘negative’ comments about dealership owner … Read more
Derby must pay sacked captain Richard Keogh £2MILLION after he won an appeal over his dismissal following career-threatening knee injury suffered in drink-driving crash with team-mates in October 2019 Derby could have to pay their sacked former captain Richard Keogh around £2m The defender won an appeal at a tribunal over his dismissal following a car … Read more
Relations between the four staff at Barnard Castle Town Council in Durham cooled after it emerged Jane Woodward (pictured) had gone on holiday with then councillor Roger Peat A deputy town council clerk who was branded a ‘gold digger’ after she formed a personal relationship with an older, married councillor and was later sacked has … Read more
Furious Jewish groups blasted former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today as he finally admitted he was wrong to downplaying the extent of anti-Semitism in the party The hard Left icon issued a lengthy mea culpa on Facebook this morning, admitting he had been wrong to criticise an independent report into the scale of racism aimed at … Read more
Iranian engineer who worked for Sir James Dyson wins religious discrimination and unfair dismissal claim against the company after Sikh manager told her ‘I don’t like Muslims’ Employment tribunal heard senior manager Kamaljit Chana also told Zeinab Alipourbabaie ‘Muslims are violent’ and ‘Pakistani men are grooming our girls’ Ms Alipourbabaie, 39, resigned in 2018 after … Read more
Civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam launches unfair dismissal claim against Home Secretary Priti Patel weeks after quitting and accusing her of bullying Sir Philip Rutnam is taking the Home Secretary to an employment tribunal He accuses her of unfair dismissal and claiming he was a whistleblower Raises prospect of Ms Patel having to give evidence … Read more
GP surgery receptionist nicknamed ‘Panic Janet’ by laughing colleagues because she worried over everything loses unfair dismissal claim Anthea George was a GP surgery receptionist at Clerkenwell Medical Practice Workmates mocked her for repeatedly asking questions about how to do her job Resigned in 2019 claiming she was bullied and was given nickname ‘Panic Janet’ Employment … Read more