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New employment tribunal compensation figures apply from 6 April 2019

4 March 2019

3 March 2019

Employers cannot pick and choose who transfers

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Hare Wines Ltd v Kaur highlights that employers cannot pick and choose who transfers when a business transfer is...

24 February 2019

Parents grapple with long hours culture

The UK’s working parents are suffering from poorly-designed jobs that force them to work extra hours, according to a major new study published by Working...

23 February 2019

Up to seven years in jail for reckless mishandling of pension schemes

The Government’s response to the consultation on protecting defined benefit pension schemes indicates an intention to introduce a new criminal offence to prevent and penalise...

22 February 2019

Bisexual prison officer discriminated against after being called ‘poof’ and ‘vermin’

In Plaistow v Secretary of State for Justice, P was a prison officer (PO) at Woodhill, a high security prison. From the earliest days at...

22 February 2019

New guidance to help employers close gender pay gap

The Government Equalities Office has published two new pieces of guidance to help employers identify potential causes of the gender pay gap and develop an...

19 February 2019

Dismissal of teacher by Jewish nursery for living with boyfriend not religious discrimination

DG attended a barbeque organised by a synagogue where parents of some of the children were present and during conversation it was revealed she was...

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Illegal working penalties: code of practice for employers 2019

17 February 2019

16 February 2019

Supermarket employees can compare their work with depot employees in equal value pay claim

In Asda v Brierley and ors the Court of Appeal has upheld the decisions of the ET and EAT that in a claim of equal...

14 February 2019

Disclosure of criminal convictions disproportionate in two respects

The first is the multiple convictions rule, which does not achieve its purpose of indicating tendency to crime as it applies irrespective of the nature,...

12 February 2019

New Acas guidance published to help prevent age discrimination at work

To understand in detail how age discrimination can happen in the workplace, how to prevent it, and how different treatment because of age can be...

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Consultation on extending redundancy protection for mothers returning to work

9 February 2019

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