Employment Law
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Age Discrimination In Employment Act
Discrimination is any actions that violate Civil Rights Act on race, sex, religion, national origins, and age. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits discrimination against any person 40 years old and over. However, if you are public safety employees and tenured college employees, you may be subject to forced retirement. Furthermore, if you are an employee in executive positions at age 65, you may be forced retirement with proper retirement benefits. If your company provides Read More... -
Employment Law - Unfair Dismissal - Refusing to Accept Changes in Terms
The case of Anwar v Cambridge Housing Authority [2007], concerned an employee who was asked to accept changes to the terms of her employment which would have been very detrimental to her. The employee subsequently brought proceedings against her employer alleging unfair dismissal. The employer denied the fact that the employee had been unfairly dismissed. Furthermore, the employer contended that the employee had been dismissed because she had refused to accept essential changes to her terms and Read More... -
Employment: Unfair Dismissal Award Polkey Reduction
In Dockerty v FM Fabrications, Dockerty claimed that he had been unfairly dismissed by his employers, FM Fabrications. The Employment Tribunal held in favour of Dockerty and ruled that the redundancy process by which Dockerty had been chosen for dismissal was unfair resulting in an unfair dismissal. The Employment Tribunal ordered FM Fabrications to pay Dockerty £17,997.40 in damages. FM Fabrications appealed this decision to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) and claimed that the Employme Read More...
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