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Ban on Religious, Political and Philosophical Symbols Not Direct Discrimination
...Discrimination A company’s ban on employees wearing religious, political or philosophical symbols did not amount to direct religious discrimination, according to the Advocate General. Speedread A com...
Banker Awarded £3.1m for Sex Discrimination and Harassment
...Discrimination and Harassment Earlier this week banker Svetlana Lokhova was awarded over £3.1m compensation for sex discrimination, victimisation and harassment. Miss Lokhova suffered a campaign of ...
Disability Discrimination: Expensive adjustments were not reasonable
...discrimination and disability related discrimination (under the old Disability Discrimination Act 1995) and each of the claims failed. The overall annual costs of the proposed adjustments were assess...
Record-breaking £4.5 Million Discrimination Award
...Discrimination Award The Leeds Employment Tribunal has awarded record-breaking compensation of 4.5 million pounds to Dr Eva Michalak following a campaign of sex and race discrimination by her former e...
EAT Rules on Scope of Marriage Discrimination Provisions
...Discrimination Provisions The EAT has held that the statutory provisions prohibiting discrimination on grounds of marriage do not protect a woman against less favourable treatment on the ground that s...
Tribunal Fees Lawful Rules Court of Appeal
...discrimination claims and are therefore disproportionately affected by the higher fees for bringing discrimination claims. Decision The Court of Appeal ruled that fees do not act as a barrier to jus...
Victimisation and Discrimination — Important New Lessons for Employers - as published in HRZONE
...discrimination?” could ever be relevant to a particular role – unless the role is for an employment lawyer who will need to bring discrimination cases! Employers also need to ensure that their employe...
Tina Wisener: Netflix premieres 12 months paid parental leave for all, but can UK employers pick and choose who gets it? - as published in HR review
...discrimination risks may lie: sex and disability discrimination claims are the most obvious, but think also about age discrimination. A benefit that can only be enjoyed by parents has the potential to...
Could Netflix-style unlimited parental leave work for employers? - as published in Personnel Today
...discrimination risks, particularly indirect discrimination. If, for example, senior roles are occupied predominantly by men, limiting the benefit to senior roles will be indirectly discriminatory agai...
No Direct Disability Discrimination as Decision Maker did not Know Employee Disabled
...Discrimination as Decision Maker did not Know Employee Disabled An employee’s dismissal was not direct disability discrimination as the decision maker did not know that he was disabled. Occupational ...
Requirement to sit multiple choice test was disability discrimination
...discrimination and discrimination arising from disability succeeded. The adjustment requested by Ms Brookes was also reasonable and so GLS had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments. GLS a...
Failure to enhance pay for man seeking shared parental leave was direct sex discrimination
...discrimination A male employee has succeeded in his claim of direct sex discrimination after his employer refused to enhance his pay during shared parental leave. Speedread An employer dis...
Unfair Dismissal Cap Challenge Fails
...discrimination in relation to access to justice. An appeal is being considered.
Kate Kapp
...discrimination, race discrimination and victimisation claim. This is the leading case on ‘banter’ in the workplace. Kate successfully defended all claims and secured costs against the ClaimantGallaghe...
Avoiding Race Discrimination When Carrying Out Immigration Checks
...Discrimination When Carrying Out Immigration Checks The Home Office has published a new code of practice providing guidance for employers on how to avoid race discrimination when carrying out pre-emp...
Gen Y Most Likely to Discriminate Against Older or Even Flexible Workers - as published in HRreview
...discrimination. They are also the most likely to discriminate against older colleagues and those who work flexibly. Based on interviews with 1,000 employees across a range of organisations (conducted ...
Seemingly innocuous: the minefield of asking questions at interview
...discrimination and be used as evidence of discrimination in a subsequent employment tribunal claim: “Is English your first language?” – For many jobs a requirement that candidates can speak Eng...
Successful Appeal Avoided Indirect Sex Discrimination
...Discrimination An employee who appealed successfully against her employer's initial refusal of her request to work part-time had not suffered indirect sex discrimination. The subsequent granting of he...
Karen Holden
...discrimination and constructive and unfair dismissalActing for a senior HR employee in an equal pay and sex discrimination claim against a ‘big four’ bankActing for an employee cli...
Employee Sacked for Gross Misconduct Wins Disability Discrimination Claim
...Discrimination Claim An employer has been found to be guilty of discrimination arising from disability even though the medical evidence available to it at the time showed no link between the employee...