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Is it time to retire the University of Oxford’s enforced retirement policy?
...discrimination claim, they need to contact ACAS within three months of the discrimination, so by 29 December 2022 if the act of discrimination is dismissal on 30 September 2022. If the claim...
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Can settlement agreements settle future claims?
...discrimination complaints had been referred to in the long list of claims being waived by Mr Bathgate did not mean that the particular age discrimination complaint had been identified in the settlemen...
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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...
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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 ...
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Employment tribunal compensation to increase in April
Employment tribunal compensation to increase in April Employment tribunal compensation to increase in April Unfair dismissal, redundancy and discrimination compensation limits will increase from Apr...
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Maya Forstater wins six-figure damages award
...discrimination, and demonstrates that the costs of that discrimination are real, significant, and enforceable against those who discriminate.” Ms Forstater was represented by Peter Daly, instructi...
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The Legal 500 2024: Doyle Clayton continues to rank highly
...discrimination, contract breach, and misconduct claims”. Furthermore, the Legal 500 states that it “excels at handling contentious education work and is trusted by independent schools and multi academ...
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Doyle Clayton announces the appointment of Tina Wisener as CEO
...discrimination matters and also provides bespoke training on a wide range of legal topics affecting the workplace. Prior to her career in law, she served as an Army Officer, specialising in human reso...
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£4.6m in damages awarded to former employee of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
...discrimination. This is believed to be one of the highest, and potentially the highest, figure for a judgment of this kind. A Tribunal found in her favour in 2021, and also found that the Council’s o...
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New Immigration Rules introduce substantially higher salary thresholds to reduce net migration
...discrimination claims. When assigning a COS post 4 April, sponsors must ensure that they are using the correct general salary threshold for the various tradeable points options and correct occupation...
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Changing Contractual Employment Terms: Dismissal and Re-engagement Code Published
...discrimination claim if, for example, they feel they have been treated less favourably on the basis of their protected characteristic. It is good practice for an employee who decides to continue to w...
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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...
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Doyle Clayton staff promotions 2024
...discrimination, with a particular emphasis on sex, race and disability discrimination matters. She predominantly acts for corporate clients, ranging from scale-ups to established UK businesses and g...
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Employment Tribunal rules unfair dismissal, after the N-word is used during anti-racism training
...discrimination. However, the judgment found that the Bank did not have reasonable grounds to consider the claimant committed gross misconduct, even before it took his dyslexia into consideration. Em...
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Allison Bailey wins costs award against Garden Court Chambers
...discrimination and victimisation claims against Garden Court based on her gender critical beliefs and was awarded injury to feelings compensation and aggravated damages. Her separate claim that LGBTQ ...
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Forstater: effective protections for gender critical beliefs at work
Forstater: effective protections for gender critical beliefs at work Read the full article in ELA Briefing Maya Forstater has succeeded in her claim that she was discriminated against because of he...
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Algorithms in the workplace - People not Processes
...discrimination and a lack of accountability. The two most obvious risk areas are the threat of increased management control without the corresponding consent from the workforce (particularly in areas ...
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Stress in the workplace – what employers need to know
...Discrimination claims Breach of health and safety obligations Breach of trust and confidence by the employer How can employers support employees' well-being? With so many potential risks, ...
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Home Office releases updated right to work guidance – again!
Home Office releases updated right to work guidance – again! Right to work guidance update In the third right to work update in as many months, the Home Office has updated its ‘Employer right t...
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New duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment
...discrimination, harassment and victimisation have 6 months to bring a claim However, it will not be extending protections under the Equality Act 2010 to volunteers and interns (although it recogni...