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A financial services company won its appeal Thursday over compensation awarded to a dismissed whistleblower after an appeals tribunal ruled the former employee's compensation should be recalculated because she had no reasonable excuse for not applying for a new job.

Trade union detriment: Sanctioning employees that take part in industrial action does not breach human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Teaching assistant wins unfair constructive dismissal claim after back pain A TEACHING assistant who was never given training to lift a disabled child, despite repeatedly asking, has won her claim for constructive dismissal. The assistant, named in her tribunal hearing as Ms S Flatman, had worked at Brightlingsea Primary School since 2006. Her duties included giving physical support and assistance to pupils. From September 2017, she was required to give support to a disabled pupil, whic...

An ex-soldier who claims a debilitating over-sensitivity to the cold left him in crippling pain has been accused of a £3.7million compensation scam after he was filmed dancing at a barbecue.  Brian Muyepa, 32, suffered the non-freezing cold injury after being left in wet boots for over five hours following a training exercise in Sennybridge, Wales, in 2016. He claimed the condition, also known as trench foot, resulted in crippling pain in his hands and feet, and he was discharged from the Br...

Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter Published: 12:02 PM May 6, 2021    Updated: 12:14 PM May 6, 2021 The teaching assistant appealed the tribunals initial decision and won - Credit: PA A teaching assistant who was never given training to lift a disabled child despite repeatedly asking for it has won her claim for constructive dismissal. The individual – named in a tribunal hearing order as Ms S Flatman – had worked at Brightlingsea Primary School as a learning support assistant since...