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Brexit Bites - Part 1: EU citizens – will they stay or will they go?
...discrimination unless the employer can show a genuine business reason for this selective hiring (difficult in such uncertain times) and indeed, such a step may well be an over-zealous measure. Some b...
Peter De Maria
...discrimination and whistleblowing claims. What people say about Peter Peter is highly recommended by both legal directories. The Legal 500 have described him as “the go to adviser for senior...
Tina Wisener
...Discrimination advice Articles published include Tina enjoys contributing to publications such as The Times, HR Magazine, The Telegraph and many other HR and employment...
Professors successful in age discriminations claim against Oxford University's mandatory retirement age
Professors successful in age discriminations claim against Oxford University's mandatory retirement age An Employment Tribunal has found that the University of Oxford’s enforced retirement age cannot ...
Ensuring volunteers don't become employees - as Published in Charity Finance
...discrimination purposes. True volunteers are currently outside the principal protections offered by unfair dismissal and anti-discrimination legislation. In most cases the employment status of an in...
Court of Appeal Guidance on Discrimination Awards Where Psychiatric Injury Caused by Multiple Factors
...discrimination complaint and was unfair. The employment tribunal ruled that Mr Dent’s comment was an act of sex discrimination and upheld her other claims, awarding compensation of around £360,0...
Employee entitled to long-term disability benefits until he could return to the same job
...discrimination should therefore be calculated on that basis. Facts In ICTS (UK) Limited v Visram, Mr Visram was on long-term sick leave and receiving benefits under an insurance-backed permane...
Using Secret Recordings of Disciplinary and Grievance Hearings – What’s the Legal Position?
...discrimination and sexual harassment employment tribunal claims. Her employer objected to the recording of the private discussions being admitted. These ran for 15 minutes at the grievance hearing an...
Advantageous treatment was not unfavourable treatment even though it could have been more advantageous
...discrimination arising from disability claim, even though the treatment could have been more advantageous. Facts In Williams v Trustees Of Swansea University Pension and Life Assur...
Dismissal for discussing religion with patients fair
...discrimination has to show that their employer treated them less favourably because of their religion. However, the reason the Trust dismissed her was not her religion but her conduct in continuing to...
Carl Borg-Neal awarded £486,000 for unfair dismissal
...discrimination; The Bank inform the Financial Conduct Authority, in writing, that the ET has found that Mr Borg-Neal’s dismissal was procedurally and substantively unfair and an act of disability disc...
Supreme Court Hands Down Seldon Judgment on Justifying Retirement Ages
...discrimination. The employment tribunal held that compulsory retirement was a proportionate means of achieving the legitimate aims of: retaining associates (by giving them the opportunity of partner...
LLP Members Qualify for Worker Rights
...discrimination as the Equality Act 2010 extends to discrimination against partners and LLP members.
Vegetarianism and beliefs about transgenderism not protected
...discrimination due to religion or philosophical belief (including a lack of belief). In Grainger PLC v Nicholson, the Employment Appeal Tribunal gave guidance on when a philosophical belief...
Jack Reynolds
...Discrimination, bullying & harassmentWhistleblowingConstructive dismissalsSettlement agreementsTeam movesPartnerships and LLPsCorporate and Commercial advice
Egg-freezing: the employment law issues
...discrimination. Also, how will female employees really view this? Various commentaries have highlighted the apparently intrusive nature of such a “perk”. Will women who choose to have children earlie...
Justice Committee Reports on Impact of Employment Tribunal Fees
...discrimination, for whom, at the least, the time limit of three months for bringing a claim should be reviewed. The Committee stated that it is unable to state conclusively whether these measures wo...
Menopause and the Workplace Report - Government rejects key recommendations
...discrimination. The Committee made a number of recommendations to address these issues. Government response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s recommendations In January 2023, the Government p...
Amara Ahmad
...discrimination claims for parents and studentsBringing negligence and breach of contract claims in the County CourtChallenging Independent Review Panel decisions on judicial review principals Adv...
Workers Not Entitled to Compensation Uplift
...discrimination and whistleblowing claims will be able to claim an uplift but workers and others who are not employees cannot. It is not clear from the judgment why the tribunal concluded that the Aca...