Paul Doran In Northern Ireland, 82% of part-time employees are women. 39% of female employees work part-time compared to 9% of men. That means that excluding part-time workers from any post or promotion has a more adverse affect on women, and this amounts to indirect sex discrimination. That’s what happened to a local schoolteacher… Catherine McCormick has …
As you may know, we’re employment law solicitors. We act for employees who have a dispute with their employer. If your employer has done something unlawful, you have the legal right to take them to the employment tribunal. However, employers generally don’t want that to happen, and will do whatever it takes to prevent it. …
Did you know you are protected by law against offensive comments made in the workplace? Here’s a recent case that was described as “outrageous and discriminatory” by the London Central employment tribunal. In March 2017, Ms S Khan joined SN Estates Property Services to do admin and accounts work. She describes herself as being from …
As you may know, certain beliefs are protected under law. This means, if you suffer discrimination because of belief, you can make a claim. Just recently, there was a case where a vegetarian felt so bullied that he left his job. When he took his employer to the employment tribunal, Judge Robin Postle ruled that …
Neil Williams is a tenor who graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and sang opera at Glyndebourne for 15 years. He worked there for 36 weeks each year and was paid £880 per week (equating to a salary of £31,680 per year) before suffering alleged age discrimination. Hours before he was due to perform …
First, let’s look at potential types of unfair dismissal. Your dismissal might be unfair if you lost your job because: You reported a health & safety issue You were involved in a trade union You were a trustee of an occupational pension scheme Some kinds of dismissal count as ‘automatically unfair’, such as if you …
So your employer has offered you a settlement agreement (they’re known as compromise agreements in Northern Ireland). But should you accept? Your answer depends on a variety of factors. Typically, you’ll be offered a settlement agreement because your job is being made redundant, or because your employer is unhappy with your work and wants you …
In August 2016, Alexandra de Souza E Souza, who is transgender, got a job as a retail assistant at Primark in Oxford Street (West). The interviewer agreed ‘Alexandra’ could be shown on her name badge, but said HR and payroll had to be set up in her official birth name of ‘Alexander’. Before she started …
In 2014, the government introduced a limit of two years for claiming back pay – but similar legislation wasn’t brought in for Northern Ireland. The Court of Appeal in Belfast recently ruled that staff in the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) are owed backdated holiday pay covering the past 20 years. That’s right, 20 …
If you have been dismissed without notice, without pay in lieu of notice, or without the chance to work the full notice period stated in your contract of employment, you might be able to bring a claim for wrongful dismissal and win compensation. It’s important to note that wrongful dismissal is not the same as …