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Extending enhanced maternity benefits to men
...discrimination. In making it harder for men to qualify for the leave, the national law perpetuated the traditional gender roles by keeping men in a subsidiary position when it came to parental duties...
Failure to Pay Bonus Due to Sickness Record Disability Discrimination
...discrimination claims. They had all been absent due to sickness resulting from their disabilities and argued that their exclusion amounted to discrimination arising from disability. The employment t...
Government consults on regulating use of confidentiality provisions in employment contracts and settlement agreements
...discrimination. The consultation follows the Women and Equalities Committee’s report calling for better regulation of confidentiality clauses in the context of working relationships.The g...
No religious discrimination where director removed after expressing opposition to same sex adoption in media interviews
...discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Decision The employment tribunal dismissed his claims. There was no direct discrimination because Mr Page had not been removed from h...
Brexit Bites - Part 2: Dealing with harassment in the workplace post-referendum
...discrimination issue, they will need to handle them carefully. What constitutes harassment? If an employee, worker or contractor is treated by a colleague in a way that creates an ‘offensive, intim...
Payment to settle part-time working claim taxable as earnings
...discrimination claim arising during employment (as opposed to on termination) a payment made to compensate an employee in respect of lost earnings will be taxable as earnings, on the basis that the em...
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 ...
Russell Dann
...discrimination claim against a large Thames Valley employer, including advocacy at a multi-day final hearingSuccessfully defending a disability discrimination claim against the UK subsidiary of a mult...
Generation Y employees have the most negative attitude towards older employees, part-time and flexible workers - as published on Bdaily
...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...
Injury to feelings compensation for a redundancy tainted by age discrimination should have been taxed
Injury to feelings compensation for a redundancy tainted by age discrimination should have been taxed A tax tribunal has ruled that a payment for injury to feelings made to an employee who claimed he ...
Jonas Gutierrez: lessons for employers - as published in HR Magazine
...discrimination claim against Newcastle United holds some valuable lessons Jonas Gutierrez has won his disability discrimination claim against Newcastle United in a salutary lesson for employers deali...
EasyJet rosters indirectly discriminated against breastfeeding mothers
...discrimination on grounds of sex. Speedread EasyJet’s refusal to allow two members of cabin crew to restrict their hours so that they could continue breastfeeding amounted to indirect discriminati...
Do employers have to provide facilities for employees to express breastmilk?
...discrimination and sex harassment against the school. The employment tribunal upheld the sex harassment claim but dismissed the claims for direct and indirect sex discrimination. Sex harassment ...
Hannah Mathews
...discrimination, victimisation, whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claims and costs proceedings, and a related High Court bonus claim. a courier company on the defence and successful resolution o...
Written warning for sickness absence was disability discrimination
...discrimination Issuing a written warning for disability-related absence was discrimination arising from disability as the employer had not shown that the warning was a proportionate means of achieving...
Could work-related stress brought about by zero hours contracts really lead to an increase in ET claims?
...discrimination claim. With regards to a discrimination claim an individual must pay £250 to lodge their claim, and a further £950 to proceed to a full hearing. In the year prior to the introduction of...
Aisling Malone
...discrimination and whistleblowing, and is experienced in drafting employment contracts, policies/handbooks ,and in negotiating and advising on settlement agreements. She also provides day-to-day suppo...
Injury to Feelings Compensation Taxable as a Termination Payment
...discrimination and unfair dismissal, seeking compensation for loss of earnings and injury to feelings. Following a successful mediation, his employers agreed to pay him £200,000 under a settlement agr...
Refusing flexible working requests
...discrimination. The employment tribunal upheld her claim. Her employer had applied a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) of being able to work over 50% of rosters and on Saturdays. This put wome...
Injury to feelings awards: Increases from 6 April 2018
...discrimination claims have increased for claims presented on or after 6 April 2019. The new bands are as follows: lower band of £900 to £8,800 (for less serious cases)middle band of £8,800 to ...