Employment Matters - March 2020

DAC Beachcroft's Employment Matters focuses on some of the most interesting cases and events occurring within the Employment Law sector.

We have also been working with clients on how to respond to the employment issues arising from containing the coronavirus. Please see our alert in the COVID-19 collection here.

In this month's alert we cover:

Disability discrimination: EAT considers whether one-off acts amount to a provision, criterion or practice

One-off acts by an employer in the course of dealing with one employee can, but will not always, amount to a provision, criterion or practice meaning disability protections do not bite.

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Whistleblowing: Court of Appeal holds employer not liable for making a false statement to third parties about a whistleblowing ex-employee

An employer who made a damaging false statement about a whistleblowing ex-employee to third parties in an attempt to set the record straight was not liable for whistleblowing detriment.

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Unfair dismissal: EAT finds dismissal was unfair because the investigating officer failed to pass important information to the decision maker

A dismissal for alleged sexual assault was unfair because the investigating officer failed to tell the decision maker that the complainant had withdrawn her complaint to the police.

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Unfair dismissal: EAT considers whether it be fair to dismiss to avoid reputational risk

It was fair to dismiss an employee to avoid reputational damage when he had been charged with a serious criminal offence, even though the charges did not relate to his job and he was subsequently acquitted.

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IR35 off-payroll working rules...