Weekly issue 55 - February 2001

Protecting the former employee

We have previously reported the decision in Coote v Granada Hospitality (see LELR 38, September 1999, [1998] IRLR 656)

Illegal contracts and sex discrimination

In this case the Court of Appeal looked again at the impact of illegal contracts on an individual's right to claim in an employment tribunal

Positively equal

Positive action may be regarded as any action, legislative or administrative, that provides instruments to secure equal opportunities for a specific, naturally or historically disadvantaged group": so the Advocate General summarizes the meaning of the politically sensitive concept of positive action in the recent European Court of Justice decision of Badeck

Equal pay for doctor

Ms Jorgensen is a Danish doctor specialising in rheumatology

Sick of not being paid

There has been an interesting decision in the EAT where the question of whether an employee presenting themselves fit for work, following a period of sick leave, is contractually entitled to be paid

Interested chief can't sit

The role of Chief Executives and Chief Officers in internal disciplinary proceedings will come under increased scrutiny after the High Court's decision in the case of Bennion

Entitlement to damages for "stress"

Damages are only recoverable for stress-related illnesses in a personal injury claim where there is a recognised psychiatric disorder