In Trago Mills (South Devon) Ltd v Information Commissioner and anor the Information Rights Tribunal has held that a council was entitled to refuse part of a freedom of information request concerning a severance arrangement with a senior employee. The information was personal data of that individual and disclosure would have been contrary to data[…]
In Hospital Medical Group Ltd v Westwood the Court of Appeal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a doctor, although not employed under a contract of employment, was a ‘worker’ for the purposes of S.230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The Court held that there was no test of universal application to judge whether[…]
Unfairly Dismissed Employee’s Estate can recover full death-in-service Benefits
LATEST NEWS Aug 01, 2012
In Fox v British Airways Ltd, the EAT has held that the full value of a death-in-service benefit was payable in an unfair dismissal claim brought by the estate of a deceased former employee. An employment tribunal was wrong to confine the award to £350 simply to reflect the cost of lost life assurance cover.[…]