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Allegations of race discrimination appear to have stuck on Santander UK in a high-profile legal battle that has made UK history on a number of accounts. Santander UK is the UK bank previously known as Abbey National and taken over in 2004 by Emilio Bot...
Author: Simon King
Santander UK causes £2.8m Damage to Employee
06th May 2010Allegations of race discrimination appear to have stuck on Santander UK in a high-profile legal battle that has made UK history on a number of accounts. Santander UK is the UK bank previously known as Abbey National and taken over in 2004 by Emilio Bot...
Author: Simon King
Legal
An employee who has suffered infringements of his employment rights (such as unfairness, discrimination, victimisation, and so on) has a legal duty to mitigate his loss flowing from the infringements. If he fails to discharge that duty in full, then he is...
Author: Simon King
Mitigating Loss illustrated with Chagger v Emilio Botin's Abbey Banco Santander share
09th December 2009An employee who has suffered infringements of his employment rights (such as unfairness, discrimination, victimisation, and so on) has a legal duty to mitigate his loss flowing from the infringements. If he fails to discharge that duty in full, then he is...
Author: Simon King
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The employment grievance procedure is illustrated with the high-profile case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006), where the Employment Tribunal made findings of unfair dismissal and unlawful race discrimination and (following Emilio Botin Abbey ...
Author: Simon King
Employment Grievance Procedure illustrated with Emilio Botin Abbey Santander banking retail bank
19th October 2009The employment grievance procedure is illustrated with the high-profile case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006), where the Employment Tribunal made findings of unfair dismissal and unlawful race discrimination and (following Emilio Botin Abbey ...
Author: Simon King
Legal
The unfair dismissal remedy of reinstatement is highlighted by the high-profile UK case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006) where, after finding race discrimination, the Employment Tribunal took the very rare step of issuing a reinstatement orde...
Author: Simon King
Redundancy Dismissal Remedy Reinstatement highlighted by Emilio Botin Abbey Banco Santander Group
28th September 2009The unfair dismissal remedy of reinstatement is highlighted by the high-profile UK case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006) where, after finding race discrimination, the Employment Tribunal took the very rare step of issuing a reinstatement orde...
Author: Simon King
Legal
The importance of the Race Relations Act Questionnaire RR65 is highlighted by the high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006) UK legal case, where the Employment Tribunal made a finding of race discrimination, which subsequently led to the ...
Author: Simon King
Importance of RR65 Race Relations Act Questionnaire demonstrated by Banco Santander Group
31st July 2009The importance of the Race Relations Act Questionnaire RR65 is highlighted by the high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006) UK legal case, where the Employment Tribunal made a finding of race discrimination, which subsequently led to the ...
Author: Simon King
Legal
The intense struggle employees, who have suffered employment related discrimination, can expect to experience when challenging a powerful employer is somewhat illustrated by the high-profile legal case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006). The Em...
Author: Simon King
Suing Your Employer: The Uphill Battle
04th July 2009The intense struggle employees, who have suffered employment related discrimination, can expect to experience when challenging a powerful employer is somewhat illustrated by the high-profile legal case Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins (2006). The Em...
Author: Simon King
Legal
The high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins [2006] legal case, where the Employment Tribunal's verdict of race discrimination led to the record £2.8 million compensation award, is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal next month (July 2009)....
Author: Simon King
Appeal Stages and Court Structure in Employment Disputes
23rd June 2009The high-profile Chagger v Abbey National plc & Hopkins [2006] legal case, where the Employment Tribunal's verdict of race discrimination led to the record £2.8 million compensation award, is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal next month (July 2009)....
Author: Simon King
Legal
Direct race discrimination is when an organisation (or an employee of the organisation) treats a person less favourably than someone else on racial grounds. Proving direct race discrimination is not trivial. The burden of proof is on the employee alleging...
Author: Simon King
Proving Race Discrimination in Employment
11th June 2009Direct race discrimination is when an organisation (or an employee of the organisation) treats a person less favourably than someone else on racial grounds. Proving direct race discrimination is not trivial. The burden of proof is on the employee alleging...
Author: Simon King
Legal
Employees who believe that they have been racially discriminated against at work and are considering pursuing legal action may serve a race discrimination questionnaire upon the employer. The questionnaire procedure is set out in the Race Relations Act (Q...
Author: Simon King
Importance of Race Discrimination Questionnaire RR65
08th May 2009Employees who believe that they have been racially discriminated against at work and are considering pursuing legal action may serve a race discrimination questionnaire upon the employer. The questionnaire procedure is set out in the Race Relations Act (Q...
Author: Simon King
Legal
Employers intending to make redundancies can find themselves exposed to unfair dismissal or, more seriously, discrimination claims if they fail to take proper care in the selection of the specific employees to dismiss. Selecting an employee for redundancy...
Author: Simon King
Inappropriate Redundancy Selection Criteria
01st May 2009Employers intending to make redundancies can find themselves exposed to unfair dismissal or, more seriously, discrimination claims if they fail to take proper care in the selection of the specific employees to dismiss. Selecting an employee for redundancy...
Author: Simon King