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Employer’s policies highly relevant when assessing reasonable adjustments
...discrimination claim alleging that HMRC had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments. The employment tribunal rejected her claim, ruling that the alternative parking arrangements HMRC had put ...
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Gay head teacher succeeds in unfair dismissal and discrimination claims due to biased disciplinary process
Gay head teacher succeeds in unfair dismissal and discrimination claims due to biased disciplinary process Serious failings and bias throughout the disciplinary process entitled a gay head teacher to ...
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Cap on public sector exit payments back on the agenda
...discrimination and whistleblowing if an employment tribunal would be likely to uphold the claim and award compensation. The Minister (or person acting on delegated authority) must be satisfied of this...
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£16,000 injury to feelings compensation for one-off act of harassment
...discrimination. They can award higher compensation if the effect of the discrimination on the employee justifies this. What are the compensation bands for injury to feelings? Compensatio...
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Paying women on maternity leave more than men on shared parental leave lawful
...discrimination. His employer argued that he should have brought his claim as an equal pay claim and not indirect sex discrimination. What was the ruling of The Court of Appeal in the case...
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Call for law requiring employers to investigate discrimination and harassment complaints
...discrimination and prevent legitimate discussion of discrimination and harassment allegations. In a wide-ranging report, it also says employers should be required to report annually on di...
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Government consults on tackling workplace harassment
...discrimination and harassment claims to six months. It is also looking at whether it should extend discrimination laws to protect interns and volunteers. The consultation closes on 2 October 2019.&nbs...
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Redundancy protection to be extended for pregnant women and new parents
...discrimination increases with the length of absence from work. Do the changes effect paternity leave? The Government has decided not to extend redundancy protection to employees returning from...
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No deemed knowledge of disability as employee hid mental ill-health
...discrimination. What did the employment tribunal rule in this case? Her employer admitted she was disabled because of her mental impairments but said it did not know this. The employment tribu...
Sex scandals and the regulators. What’s happening and what you need to know
...discrimination and harassment claims to six months. It is also looking at whether it should extend discrimination laws to protect interns and volunteers. The consultation closed on 2 October 2019.&nbs...
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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...
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Best practice guidance on confidentiality agreements issued by Equality and Human Rights Commission
...discrimination. However, they may be appropriate in some cases. Examples include where the worker or victim of discrimination would like to keep the act of discrimination confidential or when needed t...
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Whistleblowing protection extended by Supreme Court
...discrimination on grounds of status. As the legislation did not provide her with whistleblower protection, it discriminated against her in the exercise of her right to freedom of expression. This ...
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Queen’s speech: workplace issues
...discrimination. This is likely to mean an extension of a woman’s current right to be offered any suitable alternative vacancy before being made redundant. Currently the right only applies where the wo...
Coronavirus Immigration Update
Coronavirus Immigration Update COVID-19, or coronavirus, is having a monumental impact on everyday life for millions of people at home and abroad. For those looking to migrate to the UK, those in the ...
UPDATED: Coronavirus job retention scheme - what you need to know
...discrimination laws apply when making decisions, including who to offer furlough to. If sufficient numbers of staff are involved, it may be necessary to engage collective consultation processes to pr...
Furlough extended to the end of March: what we know so far
...discrimination laws will apply in the usual way, so employers need to watch out for disability, age, sex and other potential discrimination. Calculations Employees previously eligible for furl...
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Discriminatory pay policy justified by need to balance books
...discrimination solely on the ground that avoiding discrimination costs more. Saving or avoiding costs will not, without more, amount to a legitimate aim. The essential question is whether t...
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Lack of interim relief remedy for discrimination claims may be unlawful
...discrimination claims may be unlawful The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that the absence of interim relief as a remedy for discrimination claims arising from dismissal breaches the European Con...
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Why employers need to provide regular and effective equality and anti-harassment training
...discrimination. A related benefit is that the training might give the employer a defence to a claim by arguing that it took all reasonable steps to prevent the discrimination from occurring. This defe...