Newspapers and BBC
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They made me feel like a prostitute: Accountant sues top City firm for record £40m for 'ruining her career'
14/09/09
An employment tribunal is currently hearing a claim for £40m brought by a lady named Mihaela Popa against PriceWaterhouseCooper.
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Ward manager sacking decision backed by chief
10/09/09
Ward manager Eugene Carr was sacked following the death of a patient at University Hospital of North Tees.
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Child poverty reduced if both parents go to work
11/09/09
Stephen Timms, one of the ministers responsible for developing the government's child poverty strategy, has indicated that the government may try to encourage both parents from low-income families to go out to work.
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Council strike action threat
11/09/09
A union leader employed as a convenor by Doncaster Council, Jim Board, was suspended by the council, supposedly as a result of an embargoed interview he conducted.
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Rail strikes loom over Sunday pay dispute
11/09/09
London Midland trains came to a virtual standstill on Sunday 6th September 2009, as a result of too few drivers volunteering to work after the company decided to end double pay for Sundays.
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Class warrior Bob Crow claims that we are all left-wingers now
11/09/09
An interview with Bob Crow, the general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union.
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Unions to fight Tory plans to let 'free schools' set teachers' pay
13/09/09
It seems that the Conservatives are keen to introduce thousands of "free schools" - where head teachers are able to pay whatever they choose.
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Whitehall employs dozens of union officials
13/09/09
The Times has learnt that government departments are paying the salaries of dozens of union officials - using millions of pounds of taxpayers' money.
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Soham police officer attacks Government’s new vetting scheme
14/09/09
The first stage of the new vetting and barring system designed to better protect children and vulnerable adults will be in effect on 12th October 2009, when the The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 SI 2009/1797 comes into force.
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Rail strike called off
13/09/09
RMT previously announced strike action on Monday 14th September 2009, in support of a ticket collector, Rachel Lock, who was sacked following an incident over a penalty fare.
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Birmingham Council's £8k pay rise for binmen 'likely to be challenged'
13/09/09
The legality of a payrise awarded to 500 Birmingham City Council binmen and street sweepers - which resulted in them rejecting a union call to take part in a one-day strike in protest at a controversial pay and grading review - is in question.
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Bridging the gender gap
12/09/09
Jo Swinson, the Liberal Democrats spokeswoman for Women and Equality, gives her views on what can be done to improve equality for women in the workplace.
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Disruption as bus drivers strike
14/09/09
Bus services in Manchester, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Trafford, Stockport, Salford and Rochdale are disrupted due to strike action by bus drivers.
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National Express East Anglia to hold further talks with ASLEF to avert six-day train strike
14/09/09
Train drivers working for the National Express East Anglia rail franchise are set to take strike action for the week beginning 21st September 2009 - after rejecting a pay deal.
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Ban BNP members from working in public sector, say unions
14/09/09
The TUC is calling for urgent talks with the government about extending the current ban on BNP members working in the police and prison services, to other public services.
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Editor's job axe handled unfairly
14/09/09
Newspaper editor David Hart took his employers, Anglia Newspapers, to an employment tribunal after he was selected for redundancy.
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Flower gangmasters lose licences
14/09/09
The licences of three gangmasters - AAW Contract Services, JDSS and EU Labour - have been revoked, following the discovery by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority of overcrowded accommodation for workers living in caravans in Cornwall and Scotland.
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Executive pay keeps rising, Guardian survey finds
14/09/09
The Guardian's annual survey of boardroom pay has revealed a 10% rise in executive salaries.
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Glasgow City Council settlement with female workers is legally challenged
14/09/09
An equal pay deal previously reached between Glasgow City Council and thousands of female council workers is now being challenged at an employment tribunal.
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Union warning over fire service cuts
14/09/09
The fire service in Warwickshire is planning to close one in four of its stations and cut a third of fire appliances in a cost-cutting drive which is being opposed by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).
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Jet Airways returns to skys as pilots end strike
14/09/09
As reported in the last Emplaw web-updater, a large number of India's Jet Airways pilots had taken strike action, in protest at the decision of the airline to sack two colleagues who were attempting to seek official recognition for the National Aviators' Guild union.
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Claim back holidays lost to sickness, says European Court of Justice
14/09/09
See notes in this web-updater (in the "Highlights" section at the top and under heading "Cases - Other") on the ECJ case of Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA, case C-277/08.
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Orange-owner France Telecom to act after 23 suicides by staff
15/09/09
23 France Telecom employees have taken their own lives in the past 18 months.
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Claim dealer makes one of his own
15/09/09
Complaints advocate Steven Williams, who is black, has accused his employers, Pohwer, of race discrimination.
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BIN STRIKE: LATEST
15/09/09
"Indefinite" strike action being taken by Leeds refuse workers, in a protest over a new council pay and grading structure, which unions claim will reduce salaries, is running into its second week.
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January date to finish appeals over staff pay cuts
15/09/09
Torbay Council is currently conducting an equal pay review which, it is understood, will result in around 20% of employees facing a pay cut, two-thirds seeing no change, and 16% being awarded an increase.
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Employee set for big pay-out after Croydon Council forced him out of job
15/09/09
Assistant director of finance at Croydon Council, Alan Langridge, took a claim of constructive dismissal to an employment tribunal.
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Armstrongs sue Threadneedle
15/09/09
A husband and wife team - Patrick Armstrong and Ana Cukic Armstrong - are taking Threadneedle to an employment tribunal, after the company withdrew an offer of employment upon discovering that they had raised a grievance with their previous employers, Insight Investments.
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Labour drops maternity leave pledge
14/09/09
In May 2009 there were reports that the BERR had said that all proposals to extend maternity (and paternity) leave and to allow parents to share a year’s paid maternity leave were being reviewed (see for example The Times, May 31st 2009 "Paternity leave scheme shelved by Lord Mandelson").
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SNP in immigration battle
13/09/09
The Scotsman Newspaper reports that the Scottish government is "preparing for a battle with Westminster over immigration, claiming that a new points-based system for would-be citizens is acting 'against Scotland's interests'".
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Commerzbank vows to fight bankers' claims for £30m in unpaid bonuses
08/09/09
72 more staff and ex-staff of the Desdner Kleinwort investment bank (taken over by Commerzbank) have filed claims in the High Court claiming unpaid bonuses.
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BAE Systems plans 1,116 job cuts
15/09/09
Defence company BAE Systems says it is planning to cut 1,116 jobs and close an aircraft factory in Cheshire.
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Prison guard forced out of her job because she was too sexy wins unfair dismissal case
14/09/09
Prison Officer Amitjo Kajla, from HM Prison Brinsford, Wolverhampton, took the Prison Service to an employment tribunal, claiming constructive dismissal - and age and sex discrimination.
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Phone hacking: Les Hinton denies gagging Clive Goodman with payment
15/09/09
Les Hinton, the former News International boss, has told MPs that sum paid to Clive Goodman the former News of the World royal editor was to settle an unfair dismissal claim.
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Full text of Gordon Brown's speech to the TUC
15/09/09
The Prime Minister's speech at the TUC congress on 15th September 2009, verbatim.
