Month: March 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) information

26 March 2020

This factsheet has been produced because we are getting a lot of similar questions from our small and medium size employer clients and it makes sense to share the information at this confusing time. Details of the Government’s Job Retention Scheme are still thin on the ground but as soon as we have them we […]

BBC news on disability discrimination at the DWP

9 March 2020

In advance of tonight’s Panorama, BBC news reports on DWP’s ET record when it comes to disability discrimination claims.  Leading disability discrimination lawyer, and didlaw’s Managing Director, Karen Jackson, comments for the BBC piece and is also featured in tonight’s Panorama programme. The BBC story is here. The Panorama programme airs on BBC One at 20.30 GMT tonight (Monday 9 […]

Ouch!

4 March 2020

Can an Employment Tribunal award substantial costs against a Claimant in the Employment Tribunals? Yes, said the EAT in Radia v Jefferies International Limited. Costs do not follow the event in the Employment Tribunals and have traditionally been viewed as the made rather than the rule. In the present case a substantial award of costs […]

Joanne Sinclair on the Coronavirus & Work Rights

4 March 2020

I am teaching my two-year-old to catch her coughs and sneezes. Sometimes she manages, sometimes she doesn’t. This exercise started before Covid-19 coronavirus hit the headlines because, like most toddlers, she comes with a lot of colds! Meaning, that despite my best efforts, there is usually at least one person in my house blowing a […]

Karen Jackson on the meaning of “return to work” for the purposes of long-term disability benefit

4 March 2020

Does “return to work” mean “return to any work” for the purposes of long-term disability benefit? No, held the Court of Appeal in ICTS (UK) Limited v Visram. Mr Visram was an International Security Coordinator for American Airlines at Heathrow. He was TUPE transferred to ICTS while on sick leave. Prior to the transfer he was entitled […]