Results: 93

• Foster v British Gas Plc

  25 Sep 1986 [1987] ICR 52, IT

  06 Jul 1987 [1987] ICR 904, EAT

  13 May 1988 [1988] ICR 584, CA

  12 Jul 1990 (Case C-188/89); EU:C:1990:313; [1991] 1 QB 405; [1991] 2 WLR 258; [1991] ICR 84; [1990] 3 All ER 897; The Times, 13 July 1990, ECJ

  18 Apr 1991 [1991] 2 AC 306; [1991] 2 WLR 1075; [1991] ICR 463; [1991] 2 All ER 705; [1991] IRLR 268; (1991) 135 SJ 506; The Times, 19 April 1991; The Independent, 19 April 1991, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 6 positive; 4 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 68.
  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Retirement

  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation

  DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment

  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation
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  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Retirement — British Gas Corporation employees retired on reaching pension age — Different age for men and women — Whether corporation state authority — Whether unlawful discrimination — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — Enforcement against member state — Public authority's discrimination against female employees — National legislation not conforming to Directive — Whether nationalised industry state employer — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 6(4) — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  DISCRIMINATION — Sex — Employment — Retirement — British Gas Corporation employees retired on reaching pension age — Different ages for men and women — Whether corporation state authority — Whether unlawful discrimination — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Council Directive — Implementation — Enforcement against member state — Whether nationalised industry state employer — Council Directive (76/207/EEC), art 5(1)

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered
• National Coal Board v Ridgway

  16 Dec 1986 [1987] ICR 641; [1987] 3 All ER 582, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 3 negative. Subsequent citations: 14.
  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Trade union activities — Action (short of dismissal)
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  INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — Trade union activities — Action (short of dismissal) — Increased wages paid to members of union — Pay increase withheld from members of rival union — Whether omission to pay increase “action” taken against members as individuals — Whether action taken to deter membership of independent trade union — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, ss 23(1)(a), 153(1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered
• Hayward v Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd (No 2)

  19 May 1986 [1986] ICR 862, EAT

  05 Mar 1987 [1988] QB 12; [1987] 3 WLR 20; [1987] ICR 682; [1987] 2 All ER 344, CA

  05 May 1988 (pet all) [1988] AC 894; [1987] 3 WLR 30F; [1988] 2 WLR 1134; [1988] ICR 464; [1988] 2 All ER 257, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 34.
  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — Work of equal value
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  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Equal pay — Work of equal value — Work of applicant and male comparators of equal value — Applicant's basic pay less than comparators — Other conditions more favourable to applicant — Whether entitlement to complain of inequality in relation to specific term irrespective of benefits under contract as a whole — Equal Pay Act 1970, s 1(2)(c) (as amended by Sex Discrimination Act 1975, s 8 and Equal Pay (Amendment) Regulations 1983, reg 2(1))

  2 Case(s) considered

• S H Muffet Ltd v Head

  17 Jul 1986 [1987] ICR 1, EAT

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  EMPLOYMENT — Unfair dismissal — Compensation
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  EMPLOYMENT — Unfair dismissal — Compensation — Requisite period of employment to requalify for statutory protection — Assessment of compensation
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council v Brown (Brown v Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council)

  21 Jul 1986 [1986] ICR 842, EAT

  20 Mar 1987 [1987] ICR 897, CA

  21 Apr 1988 [1989] AC 20; [1988] 2 WLR 935; [1989] 2 WLR 935; [1988] ICR 410; [1988] 2 All ER 129; 86 LGR 561, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 7.
  EMPLOYMENT — Unfair dismissal — Redundancy
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  EMPLOYMENT — Unfair dismissal — Redundancy — Pregnancy of employee — Employee not offered re-engagement — Whether reason for dismissal pregnancy — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, ss 57(2)(c)(3), 60(1)

  2 Case(s) considered
• Byrne v Birmingham City District Council

  05 Mar 1987 [1987] ICR 519; 85 LGR 729, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 1.
  EMPLOYMENT — Continuous employment — Temporary cessation of work
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  EMPLOYMENT — Continuous employment — Temporary cessation of work — Pool of casual labour — Available work distributed among members of pool — Cleansing operative joining pool — Period when operative not offered work — Whether “absent from work on account of a temporary cessation” — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, Sch 13, para 9(1)(b)

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

• Staffordshire County Council v Secretary of State for Employment

  28 Jul 1987 [1987] ICR 956; 86 LGR 294, EAT

  21 Dec 1988 [1989] ICR 664, CA

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Termination, effective date

  EMPLOYMENT — Redundancy — Rebate payment
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  EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Termination, effective date — Dismissal for redundancy — Termination of employment brought forward to period before commencement of legislation terminating employers' right to rebate — Statutory period of notice terminating after commencement of legislation — Whether employers entitled to rebate — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, ss 49(1)(3), 90(1)(3), 104, 104A (as amended by Employment Act 1982, Sch 2, para 3 and Wages Act 1986, s 27, Sch 6, para 9)

  EMPLOYMENT — Redundancy — Rebate payment — Dismissal for redundancy without notice — Employees entitled to 12 weeks' notice — Whether period of notice to be added on to date of dismissal — Whether dismissal before commencement of legislation ending employers' right to rebate — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, s 90(1)(3) — Wages Act 1986, Sch 6, para 9

  2 Case(s) considered

• Ladbroke Entertainments Ltd v Clark

  04 Mar 1987 [1987] ICR 585, EAT

  EMPLOYMENT — Dismissal — Statement of reasons for dismissal
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  EMPLOYMENT — Dismissal — Statement of reasons for dismissal — Failure to provide written reasons — Whether employers “unreasonably refused” to provide statement — Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, s 53(4)

• Balgobin v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

  14 Jul 1987 [1987] ICR 829, EAT

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Less favourable treatment
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  DISCRIMINATION, SEX — Employment — Less favourable treatment — Women subjected to sexual harassment at work — Women required to continue to work alongside male employee after acts of sexual harassment — Whether employers having defence to allegations of discrimination — Whether less favourable treatment — Sex Discrimination Act 1975, ss 1(1)(a), 6(2)(b), 41(3)

• Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Qayyum

  01 May 1987 [1987] ICR 729, EAT

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  DISCRIMINATION, RACE — Employment — Application for employment
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  DISCRIMINATION, RACE — Employment — Application for employment — Bengali social worker applying for job — Criteria for shortlist including experience at senior level — Applicant lacking necessary experience — Failure to be shortlisted — Complaint of indirect discrimination — Industrial tribunal's failure to identify applicant's “racial group” with sufficient particularity — Race Relations Act 1976, s 1(1)(b)

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered