Worthingtons Commercial Solicitors in Belfast have agreed to write an email every two months exclusively for Legal-Island email subscribers. These emails cover what, in the opinion of the writers, are the recent Northern Ireland employment cases that will most interest employment law practitioners.

We have made some changes for 2013. Firstly, the full articles will be held on the Worthingtons' website. We will provide you with a short summary and a link to the main article, should you wish to read more.

Secondly, both the Worthingtons Employment Team, led by Maxine Orr, and the Litigation Team, led by Ciaran McConnell, will offer 15 minutes of free advice to Legal Island customers on employment and debt recovery issues respectively. Just call 028 90 434015 and let Worthingtons know you subscribe to the Legal-Island updates.

Today's email covers two issues.

The first case is in relation to an unfair dismissal claim against Castlereagh Borough Council at which the Claimant was unsuccessful on the grounds that the Claimant was given a final written warning for major misconduct and thereafter there were further incidents of verbal abuse and the Claimant failed to comply by the absence management procedure and was thereafter dismissed. The Claimant in this case argued that the penalty was too harsh and that she was subject to disability discrimination. However, the Tribunal did not uphold her complaint. Full article:
http://bit.ly/TXyhg9

The second article involves a Claimant who was successful against the Respondent after they continued on a misconceived basis to argue TUPE applied when it clearly did not apply and costs were awarded. The Claimant was awarded £51,281.52 and further costs of £4,000 plus VAT and outlay. Full article:
http://bit.ly/VOl7Rj

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The main content of the articles linked to this email was provided by Maxine Orr and Louise McAloon of Worthingtons Commercial Solicitors in Belfast. Maxine and Louise work exclusively in employment law and should anyone have any queries they may be contacted on 028 90 434015. Maxine is also an accredited mediator.

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Legal-Island
15 January 2013

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