UNISON Legal Dept

UNISON wins long-running race discrimination case against Leicester City Council A British Asian social worker, who claimed she was subject to racial discrimination, has won her case in a significant legal victory at the Court of Appeal today. unison.org.uk/news/2025/07/u…

Bindu Parmar, speaking after the judgment: “I’m disappointed the council chose to waste taxpayers’ money by fighting my case again and again. “This is bigger than one case. It’s about whether we, as a society, will allow discrimination to sit at the heart of public service."

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “No one should face discrimination at work. Or be forced out of a job in the disgraceful way Bindu Parmar was. “She's finally got the justice she deserves.”

Ex-Ofsted inspector was unfairly dismissed when sacked for brushing water off a child’s head, the Court of Appeal has found. UNISON, representing the former inspector, said Ofsted was wrong to waste public funds pursuing the case through the courts. unison.org.uk/news/2024/10/f…

🚨BREAKING: High Court rules government’s Windrush failings are unlawful "Ministers must treat all people with dignity and respect, and act with integrity. The hope is the next government will act quickly to make amends to this disgraceful chapter in our history," UNISON gen sec @cmcanea Congratulations to the @UNISON_Legal team, led by @ShanthaDavid Read more: unison.org.uk/news/2024/06/h…

'Our members need a Labour government’ “We’ve spent the last 14 years condemning the Tories. Now it’s time to do something about it,” Christina McAnea @cmcanea tells conference #uNDC24 unison.org.uk/news/article/2…

Testimony from @Narmadha was part of the #Windrush case against the Home Office in the High Court this week. @UNISON_Legal was represented by @ShanthaDavid and @emma_pitfield The bravery of those standing up and speaking truth to power is movingly captured here by Narmada ⏬

BREAKING: Supreme Court ruling is a victory for underpaid workers, says UNISON Many UK workers could be entitled to thousands of pounds unfairly taken from their pay following a landmark Supreme Court ruling today in a successful challenge brought by UNISON. “UNISON’s intervention has ensured the law has now been corrected," UNISON head of legal @ShanthaDavid "The previous interpretation meant workers couldn’t get compensation where a series of similar underpayments had happened three or more months apart. “The Supreme Court understood here that this could allow some employers to game the system by spacing out holiday payments over more than three months. "For years, many workers have been denied unfairly the chance to have their legitimate claims heard. “This judgment ensures they’ll get all the wages they’re rightfully owed.” @UNISON_Legal Prior to this, workers who consistently received incorrect pay could only make a claim at an employment tribunal for  the most recent underpayment. They could also include similar underpayments on previous occasions, but not if there was a gap of three or more months between them. Today’s ruling means many workers will now be able to challenge ongoing linked underpayments in their wages.  They will be able to do this even if there is a gap of three months or more since the last time this happened, says UNISON. They weren’t able to do so previously. The judgment in Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and other& UNISON overrules holiday pay case law operating since 2015. This had prevented tribunals from considering deductions where there had been a gap of three months or more between a series of similar underpayments for an employee. The facts of the case focused on holiday pay, where it will be applied most widely. However the ruling affects all other forms of payment too, says UNISON. The Supreme Court drew attention to the purpose of the unlawful deduction provisions in protecting workers – some of whom may be vulnerable – from being paid too little for the work they do. #ukemplaw