Health and Safety Law 2020 (August 2020)

Chapter 5

Other key changes and developments

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Cadent Gas Limited v Singh [2019] UKEAT/0024/19/BA confirmed there was no need to show that a manager involved in a safety rep’s dismissal was motivated by anti-union prejudice. All that needed to be shown was that the rep’s union activities influenced the decision to dismiss;

• In Gilham v Ministry of Justice [2019] UKSC 44, the Supreme Court ruled that a district court judge is a worker for the purposes of being able to bring a claim in the employment tribunal for “whistleblowing detriment” despite not having a contract with the Ministry of Justice.


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