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£150,000 settlement for seven years of pay inequality

3 June 2019

2 June 2019

Bill introduced to provide new protections for pregnant women and new mums

The Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, Maria Miller MP, has introduced The Pregnancy and Maternity (Redundancy Protection) Bill 2019 in the House of...

29 May 2019

Dismissal for inappropriate discussions about religion was fair

In Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, K was a nurse who carried out pre-surgery assessments. Some patients complained that K had raised religious...

25 May 2019

Acas report looks at benefits and disadvantages of new technology in the workplace

A new Acas report ‘New technology and the world of work: the winners and the losers’, reveals that its research reinforced the view, held by...

24 May 2019

Workplace adjustments survey shows 73% felt modifications had made a positive difference

Business Disability Forum have published the results of ‘The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey’ looking at the experiences of individuals with disabilities and workplace adjustments....

23 May 2019

Repeat late gender pay gap reporters named and shamed by EHRC

Three organisations that have failed to report their gender pay gap information on time for the second year in a row have been publicly named...

16 May 2019

Employer could have known employee was disabled during appeal against dismissal

An employer can defend a S.15 Equality Act 2010 ‘discrimination arising from disability’ claim, if it can show that it did not know, and could...

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Workers in the UK are putting in the longest hours in the EU according to new TUC analysis 

11 May 2019

8 May 2019

Use of the ‘n’ word four times in diversity awareness training was racial harassment 

In Georges v Pobl Group Ltd, G attended an equality and diversity course. The tutor wrote the words ‘n****r’ and ‘paki’ on a flip chart...

4 May 2019

Poor management and heavy workloads causing increase in stress-related absence

Research by the CIPD and Simplyhealth involving 1,078 people professionals shows that 37% of UK businesses have seen an increase in stress-related absence over the...

2 May 2019

Issuing improvement notice without a meeting breached policy and amounted to constructive dismissal

The EAT’s decision in Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust v Starling serves as an example of why disciplinary procedures must be followed...

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Sexual harassment case involving sexual advances at a firm’s ‘do’ settles for £270,000

1 May 2019

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