Woman SUES husband’s construction company employer for ‘failing to take basic precautions in the workplace and causing the spread of COVID-19 in their household’ in first-of-its-kind court case in California Corby Kuciemba filed the lawsuit in an attempt to hold her husband’s employer, Victory Woodworks Inc responsible for her getting the infection According to lawsuit, … Read more
A black quantity surveyor is suing a consultancy firm for race discrimination claiming she was held back for promotion in favour of her white colleges. Shannice Richards-Hargreaves worked for project and programme management consultancy Faithful+Gould in Birmingham and then London. She told an employment tribunal that white associate director Dervla Duffy – who worked in the … Read more
Welshman, 61, is suing his former employer for racism after claiming colleagues made repeated references to ‘sheep sh***ing’ and named office mannequin ‘Baa-bera’ James Bracegirdle, from Llandudno, is suing his former employer for racism Health and safety expert said he endured two years of abuse before quitting Married father-of-one was also told that Welsh language … Read more
Ask any resident of Barnoldswick in Lancashire where they live, and they’ll tell you: ‘Barlick’. They will insist most robustly, despite some boundary changes nearly 50 years ago, that their market town is actually in Yorkshire. And they might well tell you, too, how proud they are to be associated with the prestigious name of Rolls-Royce, … Read more
Revealed: Why you have been ‘ghosted’ by an employer after a job interview – and what you should do about it Two career experts have explained what to do if a recruiter ‘ghosts’ you This can occur as recruiter’s clients often alter what they’re looking for Sometimes HR departments also take weeks to approve job roles … Read more
I’m worried about redundancy: Can I apply for unemployment insurance even though I’m on furlough? By Will Kirkman For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:41 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 07:41 BST, 16 July 2020 I’ve been on furlough since March and it’s been extended to October – but I am worried my employer will make me … Read more
Retirement concern: My employer has passed my final salary pension to an insurer – how safe is it now? I have just read your column on final salary pensions. In common with many others, my employer passed on its scheme to an insurance company which now pays me an annuity. What happens to my pension … Read more
I’m in the middle of a mortgage application but I’ve just found out that my employer is putting me on furlough. I’ll still get 80 per cent of my salary from the government but I’m not sure what this means for my application. Will this affect the lender’s decision? Will they still accept 100 per … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces his huge financial relief package at a press conference with Boris Johnson in No. 10 last night Rishi Sunak could have saved around 800,000 jobs with last night’s unprecedented package of measures to help employers keep paying wages during the coronavirus epidemic. Analysts from Capital Economics who were forecasting a 1.5million … Read more
Department for Work and Pensions lost more disability discrimination cases than any other UK employer with nearly £1m paid out over three years DWP defended itself on 134 bias claims by disabled employees in three years One employee was sacked as DWP claimed she had taken too much sick leave Department settled 45 claims out of court between … Read more