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Employers Required to Pay for Psychiatric Treatment

The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case of Croft Vets v Butcher has given rise to the possibility that employers may be required to pay for psychiatric treatment or counselling for their depressed employees. The appeal in Croft centred around an employee who had taken time off work because she was suffering from work-related stress and … Read more

Case Review: Special Needs Teacher “Dismissed Unfairly”

As reported by the Watford Observer last week, a former special needs teacher was “dismissed unfairly” from Central Primary School in Watford. Kay Hart had been sacked after suffering severe depression, following the sudden death of her husband. An Employment Tribunal heard that Mrs Hart’s husband of 26 years, Graham, died suddenly at the age … Read more

Agency workers rights improve after discrimination case win

If you work through an employment agency you may find that your anti-discrimination rights just improved slightly, following a recent Employment Tribunal decision in a case funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In this case Corinda Pegg was an agency worker who had been dismissed after 44 weeks service following a number of … Read more