A former constable with West Yorkshire Police is suing the force’s chief constable and demanding his old job back. Stuart Bower, who left the force in 1985 after being found guilty of an offence [...]
A woman has won an employment tribunal against Leeds United football club. Yvonne Campbell, who is black, said she had been victimised and discriminated against by her manager and that she had [...]
A former equalities officer has won almost half a million pounds in damages from a council after a five-year campaign. Pauline Scanlon received the payout after accusing her former employers, [...]
A firm from East Anglia has been fined for not taking appropriate precautions when handling asbestos. East Anglian Construction Ltd, a subsidiary of Peter Colby Commercials, has been handed the [...]
A Birmingham firm has been fined after an accident at its premises where a man was crushed to death. David Hunt died when a crane’s jig and the load it was holding fell onto him at Arkinstall [...]
A former town planner has launched a compensation bid in the High Court to recover damages after he claimed his career was destroyed following a disciplinary matter. Richard Dermott, who had [...]
The UK began a new working week with most of the country still badly affected by the bad weather as temperatures plummeted to -18C in parts of North Yorkshire. After last week’s virtual shutdown, [...]
The Appeal Court has ruled that a nurse, sacked for making a rude joke, was unfairly dismissed. Laura Bowater was fired from her job as senior staff nurse at Central Middlesex Hospital after she [...]
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has called on the government to change employment and planning laws in a bid to help companies recover after the recession. The IoD has produced a paper [...]
Wakefield Coroner’s Court has recorded a verdict of accidental death on a window cleaner who died after falling off his ladder. The court heard that Roland Jungbauer, aged 43, died after falling [...]
