In the latest of our series of posts on employment law stories in the news, we take a look at ten employment law stories that have made headlines between 17 January 2022 and 23 January 2022.
- ‘Playful’ male nurse who faced allegations of kissing a patient with locked-in syndrome and insisting he was gay wins unfair dismissal claim – The patient claimed Paolo Messeri repeatedly touched him inappropriately and pinched him against his will as he lay paralysed in his bed (DailyMail)
- Dyslexic judge wins discrimination case over voice recognition software – The tribunal last week ruled unanimously that the government had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments contrary to sections 20 and 21 of the Equality Act 2010 (Scottish Legal News)
- Amazon worker threatened to ‘assassinate bosses’ and ‘petrol-bomb office’ – An Amazon worker sacked from his job threatened to ‘petrol bomb the office, hunt down bosses and assassinate HR staff’, a court heard (Coventry Live)
- Christian electrician, 66, who quit NHS job after being forced to take equality and diversity training for sharing his ‘traditional views’ on gay marriage and Muslims is granted right to sue former employers for religious discrimination – Brian Walker, who worked at Southmead Hospital in Bristol before resigning in 2020, claims he was treated unfairly by the health service for expressing ‘traditional biblical’ views to colleagues (DailyMail)
- Professor accused of slavery wins wrongful dismissal case – A university academic who was sacked over claims she treated two students as “modern slaves” has been awarded almost £15,000 for wrongful dismissal (BBC News)
- Female teacher at a Berkshire primary school was sacked for mocking parents’ Asian accents and branding colleagues ‘bloody lesbians’ and ‘fat s**gs’, tribunal hears – ‘Bully’ Iqbal Khanem hurled racist and homophobic insults at fellow members of staff at New Christ Church Primary School in Reading, Berkshire, branding them ‘bloody lesbians’ (DailyMail)
- Care home nurse sacked for refusing to get Covid vaccine said she couldn’t be jabbed because it was against her Rastafarian beliefs – A care home nurse sacked for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid has lost an employment tribunal, after unsuccessfully arguing that the vaccine was against her Rastafarian beliefs (DailyMail)
- Daventry Tesco worker wins payout after being fired for ‘working too slow’ – The worker won more than £800 at an employment tribunal for wrongful dismissal (Northants Live)
- ‘Vulgar and obscene’ worker at a London pharmacy selling Viagra online ‘groped colleague, boasted about the size of his manhood and insisted colleagues call him ‘Big D’, tribunal hears – A worker at a pharmacy that sells Viagra online boasted about the size of his manhood and insisted colleagues call him ‘Big D’, a tribunal heard today (DailyMail)
- Woman wins sex and age case after boss described her as menopausal – A middle aged sales assistant has won an age and sex harassment case after her male boss accused her of having the menopause (Essex Live)
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