In a boost to the cause of inept line management everywhere, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held last month that it is not permissible to extrapolate without more from conduct which is unreasonable, incompetent and lackadaisical to that which is discriminatory. The point is not wholly new. Back in 1998 the then House of Lords heard … Continue Reading
Back in 1997, a Mr Zafar sued Strathclyde Regional Council. He claimed in effect that the handling of his dismissal had been so botched that it transcended mere ineptitude and became malicious, i.e. that no-one could make so big a mess of the procedure without really putting their back into it. During what must have … Continue Reading
