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Injury to feeling awards to increase
...discrimination claims. The new bands reflect increases by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) rate of inflation and a 10% “Simmons v Castle” uplift following the ruling in Simmons v Castle tha...
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Queen’s Speech 2017: What Employers Need to Know
...discrimination against people on the basis of their race, faith, gender, disability or sexual orientation (but provides no detail). Other measures announced in the Queens speech include: Repeal Bill...
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Chloe Harrold's Column for The HR Director on HR Blunders in the Apprentice
...discrimination alarm bells ringing then Brett Butler-Smythe would have solved that with his contribution to the conversation: “This task will be problematic – women and fish”. Well Butler-Smythe, the...
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Labour’s 2017 Election Manifesto – For the Many, Not the Few
...discrimination. It will introduce an independent body to ensure compliance with gender pay gap reporting obligations (a major criticism of the laws introduced in April is they lack teeth). It will al...
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“Change Britain’s Future”: the Liberal Democrats' 2017 Manifesto
...discrimination; extend discrimination law to protect gender identity and expression (not merely gender reassignment as currently); and oppose withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights an...
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Conservatives Publish their General Election Manifesto
...discrimination provided by the Equality Act 2010 will be extended to mental health conditions that are “episodic and fluctuating” and they will amend health and safety legislation so that employers pr...
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Caste Discrimination: Government Consultation
...Discrimination: Government Consultation The Government Equalities Office is consulting on how best to address caste discrimination in Britain. The consultation, which ends on 18 July 2017, explores ...
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Government rejects call for better pregnancy and maternity protection
...discrimination. It has rejected the majority of the Committee’s recommendations but has committed to strengthening the protection of women in relation to redundancy whilst pregnant or when returning ...
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Outcome of Employment Tribunal Fees Review Published
...discrimination cases more favourably as regards fees. The review also concluded that fees are neither directly nor indirectly discriminatory. That is a question which is being considered by the Sup...
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Brexit Secretary questioned about employment law intentions
...discrimination compensation give a legally binding guarantee that citizens of other EU countries currently living and working in the UK and using public services will be able to continue to do so unaf...
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Number of new and expectant mothers forced to leave jobs has doubled
...discrimination claims from three months to six months; that assurances should be given that there will be no erosion of rights and protections as a result of the uncertainty following the vote to lea...
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Tax and NICs Treatment of Termination Payments: Government Response to Consultation
...discrimination fall within this exemption; The exemption for legal costs will be retained; The foreign service exemption will be abolished, except in relation to seefarers. The Government has al...
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Corbyn v Smith: employment law proposals
...discrimination questionnaires Requiring companies over a certain size to publish race equality plans. Improving individual rights by: Enhancing the definition of a “worker” to outlaw bogus self...
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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...
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Government Consults on Taxing Termination Payments
...discrimination; proposes to retain the existing exemptions for injury or disability; and proposes to remove the foreign service exemption. The Government also acknowledged that there is force in t...
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Election Manifestos: Issues for Employers
...discrimination, although no further details are given on what they have in mind. The Conservatives will halve the disability employment gap, but again no detail is provided on how this is to be achie...
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Reminder: Employment Law Changes from 1 October
...discrimination laws to carry out an equal pay audit. Further information can be found here; National minimum wage increases – the adult rate increases to £6.50 per hour. Further information on the...
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Acas Guidance on Managing Bereavement in the Workplace
...discrimination and addressing bullying; and A set of Frequently Asked Questions. The guidance has been compiled in conjunction with Cruse Bereavement Care, the UK’s largest bereavement charity and...
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Voluntary Gender Pay Gap Reporting Not Working
...discrimination in the workplace is alive and well.
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Religion and Belief Issues: EHRC Calls for Evidence
...discrimination legislation is proving in practice. The EHRC wants to hear about both negative and positive experiences since 2010, including: How religion or belief has affected the recent experienc...