Boots worker who told customer ‘I don’t speak Taliban’ loses dismissal claim

Boots worker who told a customer who did not speak good English ‘I don’t speak Taliban’ loses constructive dismissal claim Boots employee Dorothy Roach went to help struggling colleague at the tills But tribunal heard she made ‘racist comments’ about customer who did not have English as their first language Claimed she told another customer … Read more

Council worker sacked for using N-word wins unfair dismissal case 

A council worker who was sacked for using the N-word on an anti-radicalisation training course has won a claim for unfair dismissal. Ian Stevenson used the racial epithet after being asked to give an example of racism that he had witnessed. Shortly before the course’s instructor had told him and other employees that the session … Read more

Chatty office worker dubbed ‘Tracey Trap’ has unfair dismissal claim thrown out

An office worker who was so talkative she was called the ‘Tracey Trap’ by coworkers, who complained they couldn’t ‘break away’ from her conversations, has seen her unfair dismissal claim thrown out. Tracey Bodman resigned from AA-Wargames, a company based in Westbury, Wiltshire, after she was given a warning by her bosses for her slow … Read more

Lidl employee sacked after showing off ‘Nazi swastika’ tattoo at work wins unfair dismissal claim

Lidl caretaker who was sacked after showing off his ‘Nazi swastika’ tattoo at work WINS unfair dismissal claim as judge rules he should have been given a ‘stern warning’ instead Istvan Horvarth started working at Lidl in Telford Hadley, Shropshire, in 2013 He was sacked in April 2019 after complaint was made by a colleague … Read more

Lidl caretaker sacked after showing off his Nazi swastika tattoo at work wins unfair dismissal claim

A supermarket employee who showed off his swastika tattoo at work has won his unfair dismissal case after a judge ruled he should have been give a ‘stern warning’ instead.    Lidl caretaker Istvan Horvarth won an unfair dismissal claim after the budget chain sacked him from his job at the Telford Hadley store in Shropshire after he … Read more

Buckingham Palace officials give withering dismissal of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview

Palace aides last night brushed off the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey as a ‘sideshow’ which will barely register with the British public amid the more pressing concerns of a global pandemic and the Duke of Edinburgh’s health. After a frenzied week dominated by bombshell claims of alleged bullying and … Read more

Buckingham Palace officials give withering dismissal of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview

Palace aides last night brushed off the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey as a ‘sideshow’ which will barely register with the British public amid the more pressing concerns of a global pandemic and the Duke of Edinburgh’s health. After a frenzied week dominated by bombshell claims of alleged bullying and … Read more

Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test

Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test while taking cannabis for his bad back Recycling worker Carl Pamment wins unfair dismissal case against employer Pamment had been taking cannabis to help deal with his severe back pain Renewi UK Services fired him claiming he posed safety risk ‘under … Read more

Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test

Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test while taking cannabis for his bad back Recycling worker Carl Pamment wins unfair dismissal case against employer Pamment had been taking cannabis to help deal with his severe back pain Renewi UK Services fired him claiming he posed safety risk ‘under … Read more

Derby set to pay Richard Keogh £2million after he won an appeal over his dismissal

Derby must pay sacked captain Richard Keogh £2MILLION after he won an appeal over his dismissal following career-threatening knee injury suffered in drink-driving crash with team-mates in October 2019 Derby could have to pay their sacked former captain Richard Keogh around £2m The defender won an appeal at a tribunal over his dismissal following a car … Read more