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Employee who refused to attend work during lockdown subjected to unlawful detriment

In Goldstein v Herve, the EAT has held that an employment tribunal was entitled to uphold claims of health and safety detriment and dismissal under the Employment Rights Act 1996 arising from the employee’s concerns about travelling to work and attending her workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic and her refusal to return to the workplace during the second national lockdown.

Omission of grounds of resistance not ‘minor error’ under amended EAT Rules

In Melki v Bouygues E and S Contracting UK Ltd, the EAT has held that new rule 37(5) of the EAT Rules, which came into effect on 30 September 2023 and allows for the extension of time to lodge an appeal where the appellant has made a ‘minor error’ in relation to the appeal documents, applies to pending appeals.

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