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McMullan v North Coast Worldchoice Ltd [2022]

Decision number:NIIT.451/21   Legal body: NI Industrial/Employment Tribunal (NIIET) Background: The claimant was employed as a Travel Consultant from October 2017 until termination in September 2020. There was never any written statement of particulars. As a result of the pandemic, the claimant was placed on furlough leave. On 1st September 2020, the director of the responden...
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Dismissal Redundancy
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Pole v Bajwa [2023]

Decision number:Case.No:.3308843/2022   Legal body: Employment Tribunal (ET) Background: The claimant worked for the respondent as a ‘groom’ and her contract was brought to an end in December 2021 with one month notice. The claimant outlined that she was paid until the end of January 2022 thus complying with that right. However, the claimant then did some work in early Fe...
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Contracts of Employment Pay
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BLISS Residential Care Limited v Fellows [2023]

Decision number:EAT.8   Legal body: Employment Appeal Tribunal (UKEAT) Background: The claimant wished to bring an unfair dismissal claim against the respondent. The issue for the EAT here was in relation to the application of time limits. The claimant instructed solicitors to represent her. The solicitor dealing with her case was recently qualified and had been wo...
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Tribunal Practice Procedures and Jurisdictional Issues
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Muldoon v Ashton Community Trust [2023]

Case reference: NIIT.18581/21   Legal body: Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal (NIIT) Background: The claimant was employed as a full-time Support Worker in the respondent’s job club. When initially employed, she was subject to the probation policy which applied for six months and could be extended for a further three months. At the beginning of her employment in October 2019, the...
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Discrimination Tribunal Practice Procedures and Jurisdictional Issues
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Neal v Rockhouse NI Limited t/a Omeya Day Spa [2023]

Case reference: NIIT.22156/20   Legal body: Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal (NIIT) Background: The claimant was employed by the respondent as a beauty therapist from October 2018 until October 2020 when she resigned. The respondent had closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 and reopened in July 2020. The claimant was pregnant when the Spa reopened and did not st...
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Dismissal Discrimination Coronavirus/Covid-19
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Devine-Gallagher v Lidl (NI) Limited [2023]

Case reference: NIIT.23572/21   Legal body: Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal (NIIT) Background: The claimant was employed as a Deputy Logistics Manager from 2003 until her dismissal in September 2020. The respondent conceded that the claimant was disabled within the meaning set out in the Disability Discrimination Act. There were a number of issues relating to the claimant’s back...
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Discrimination
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Barnett v Irish Football Association [2023]

Case reference: NIIT.12503/22   Legal body: Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal (NIIT) Background: The claimant is a qualified physiotherapist who has been in practice as ‘Tony Barnett Bodytone Physiotherapy’. The claimant stated that for the ‘other’ work he was self-employed. The issue was that the claimant provided physiotherapy treatment and advice to the Northern Ireland Women’...
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Dismissal Discrimination
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Thukalil v Puthenveettil [2023]

Decision number:EAT.47   Legal body: Employment Appeal Tribunal (UKEAT) Background: The claimant was a domestic worker in the respondent’s home from 2005 to 2013. The National Minimum Wage Regulation 1999 (Regulation) outlined that such domestic workers were exempt and therefore not entitled to the minimum wage. This was challenged on the grounds that the Regulation ...
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Discrimination Pay
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Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Clark [2023]

Case reference: EWCA.Civ.386   Legal body: England and Wales Court of Appeal (EWCA) Background: The claimants brought equal pay claims. The claimants did apply to ACAS for an early conciliation certificate but on some of the claim forms it was omitted. The rules of procedure required that the Tribunal staff should refer those claims to the Employment Judge but there was no autom...
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Tribunal Practice Procedures and Jurisdictional Issues
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Minnoch & Ors v Interserve FM Ltd & Ors [2023]

Decision number:EAT.35   Legal body: Employment Appeal Tribunal (UKEAT) Background: The claimants appealed against a notice from the Tribunal stating their claims had been struck out for breaching an unless order. The basis of the claim was that their pay had been withheld when they were on strike and that deductions were not identified appropriately on their payslips....
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Tribunal Practice Procedures and Jurisdictional Issues