Agenda item

Employment Tribunal and other Legal Cases

Report of the Comptroller and City Solicitor.

Minutes:

Members considered a report of the Comptroller & City Solicitor on an Employment Tribunal and Other Cases and the following points were made.

 

The Comptroller & City Solicitor noted that there was a further pension case, and that a HR working party from across a number of Forces had been convened to establish a way forward.

 

Case 2

 

The Comptroller & City Solicitor noted that a preliminary hearing for this case was due in April 2020. Counsel’s advice was that it was difficult to predict whether the case would proceed to a full hearing or not.

 

Case 5

 

The Assistant Commissioner noted a meeting had been held within the Force to review the outcome. In short different Forces applied different clearance levels to different roles, and lessons had been learned in this instance.