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 24 January 2022 and 30 January 2022.
- Man sacked for using toilets while cleaners were there and failing to flush – A factory worker has been sacked for ‘harassing’ cleaners by going to the toilet with the cubicle door open – and not flushing afterwards, an employment tribunal heard (Essex Live)
- Pregnant insurance broker who was sacked after looking for prams online during work hours and snooped on manager’s message calling her a ‘f***ing muppet’ loses unfair dismissal claim – Paige Mowatt spent more than ten-and-a-half hours viewing non-work-related material over just 15 days, an employment tribunal heard (DailyMail)
- Almost 400 drivers join employment rights legal battle against Amazon – Legal firm Leigh Day launched a claim on behalf of one driver just months ago – but the number who have signed up to take action has now swelled to 392 (Independent)
- Domino’s Pizza delivery driver sacked after child abuse case mistake – Mohammad Khan was sacked over the mistaken belief he faced court on a child abuse charge – but has lost a legal battle over his dismissal (Birmingham Live)
- Senior City lawyer keeps job despite calling Asian colleague ‘Hu She’ – A French bank in the City of London has become embroiled in an alleged racism scandal after a senior lawyer kept his job despite an investigation finding that he referred to an Asian colleague as “Hu She” (Telegraph)
- Dying man denied early retirement date on technicality ‘losing family £125,000’ – Keith Anderson was initially told he could take retirement on medical grounds meaning his family would be entitled to pension payments after death (Liverpool Echo)
- Greggs driver suing bakery chain for racism after colleague compared working to slavery – Mr Richardson-Cuffe, who has raised a discrimination claim against Greggs, told an employment tribunal that he was treated differently to other drivers because of his skin colour (Mirror)
- Ex-Tesco worker gets £45,000 discrimination payout after suffering ‘injured feelings’ – Craig West, who is disabled, was made to spread his working week out over five days, rather than three, by the supermarket giant. He was subsequently dismissed but a week-long tribunal heard Tesco had discriminated against Mr West by proceeding with a formal absence management procedure (Express)
- Cheshire village pub forced to pay out former manager over dispute – A woman who managed a village pub in Cheshire has been awarded damages after her employer docked her pay when she gave in her notice (Cheshire Live)
- Ex-BNP banker wins £2m payout for gender discrimination – A former BNP Paribas employee has won a £2m payout after judges decided the French bank unfairly discriminated against her because of her gender (Financial Times)
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