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THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) must pay £80,000 in damages for unfairly dismissing a woman with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who had been in its employment for a decade.
The claimant, known only as “A,” was a civil servant at the MoD human resources facility in Cheadle Hulme, Manchester, which she said had a “toxic” workplace environment.
An employment tribunal found that the internal investigation into Ms A’s complaints lacked independence and that the staff member who made the decision to dismiss her was also included in her bullying and harassment complaint.
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The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
Employment lawyer ALICE BOWMAN warns ‘day one rights’ include an undefined ‘initial period’ and the zero-hours contract fixes create baffling fixed-term loopholes. If the Bill doesn’t work properly and deliver, Labour is doomed