Tribunals

Could time be up for the Taplin test, asks Mark Benney

Ian Smith reports on fixed-term employees legislation & an EAT decision on dismissal justification

David Tyme provides a timely update on TUPE & pre-packed administrations

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter start 2011 by batting off derogatory claims

Charles Pigott reports on why the Woodcock appeal failed to fly

Employment lawyers predicting rise in number of successful tribunal claims

Earlier this year Watford employment tribunal awarded Elon de Oliveira £35,700 after a sustained period of racist abuse he suffered at work as a hospital porter at Hammersmith Hospital...

In Stockton on Tees Borough Council v Aylott [2009] IRLR 548, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has given further confirmation that the restrictive test for disability-related discrimination laid down by the House of Lords in London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] 4 All ER 525 applies equally to the employment field. No surprises there then.

Are eco warriors holding employers to ransom? asks Caroline Doran

Tribunals dealt with almost 20,000 claims more than in 2007–08 despite an increased workload, according to the Tribunals Service Annual Report and Accounts published last week.