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Denial of full pay for father taking parental leave was direct sex discrimination

19 June 2017

15 June 2017

Firms pledge to recruit more over-50s

Aviva, Barclays and six other firms have agreed to promote over-50s employment by publishing data about the age of their workforce in response to a...

14 June 2017

Businesses warned to prepare for data protection law change

The ICO has warned businesses there’s no time to delay in preparing for the GDPR, “the biggest change to data protection law for a generation”...

13 June 2017

EAT clarifies ‘causation’ test in discrimination arising from disability claims

The EAT holds that the ‘mere’ influence of something related to an employee’s disability is not sufficient to satisfy a discrimination arising from disability claim;...

12 June 2017

Dismissal fair for bringing offensive material to work

An ET decides that the dismissal of an employee with a 20-year exemplary record was fair after he breached the employer’s zero tolerance policy by...

8 June 2017

322,00 working days lost due to labour disputes in 2016

The ONS Labour disputes in the UK: 2016 analysis shows that 322,000 working days were lost due to labour disputes in 2016, up from 170,00...

7 June 2017

Call for zero-hours contract workers to get right to request fixed hours

The Government-commissioned Taylor review on modern employment practices is set to call for employees on zero-hours contracts to be given the right to request a...

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Genuine but mistaken belief disclosure not protected cannot prevent automatic unfair dismissal finding

6 June 2017

5 June 2017

Removal of financial and management responsibilities breached trust and confidence

An ET finds that the removal of a school business manager’s financial duties and line management responsibilities breached the implied term of trust and confidence,...

2 June 2017

Half of people on zero hours contracts think they’re not entitled to paid holiday

Citizens Advice have revealed that half of people on zero hours contracts, and two in five people on temporary contracts, wrongly believe they are not...

1 June 2017

Only 1 in 4 people with a long-term mental illness are in work, says TUC

Only 1 in 4 people with a mental illness or phobia lasting for 12 months or more are in work, according to a report published...

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£19,000 compensation for “racial slur” and disability discrimination

31 May 2017

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