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Government Confirms Abolition of Default Retirement Age

7 February 2011

7 December 2010

Unwanted conduct amounted to unintentional harassment

Unwanted conduct amounted to unintentional harassment In X v Y an employment tribunal held that comments and actions made at a charity fancy dress event...

7 December 2010

Muslim woman suffered discrimination on multiple grounds

Muslim woman suffered discrimination on multiple grounds In Khan v Ghafoor t/a Go Go Real Estate, an employment tribunal held that a female, non-practising Muslim...

7 December 2010

Dismissal for manifesting beliefs was not discriminatory

Dismissal for manifesting beliefs was not discriminatory In Power v Greater Manchester Police Authority, the EAT upheld a tribunal’s decision that an employee dismissed by...

7 December 2010

Government publishes equality strategy

Government publishes equality strategy The Government has published its future equality strategy, Building a Fairer Britain, which provides an update on two Equality Act measures...

7 December 2010

Hint to retire amounted to age discrimination

Hint to retire amounted to age discrimination In Newey v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, a tribunal found that remarks designed to encourage a 54 year old...

7 December 2010

Equality Act’s socio-economic duty to be abandoned

Equality Act’s socio-economic duty to be abandoned The socio-economic duty set out in the Equality Act 2010, which would have required all public sector bodies...

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Consultation obligation question referred to ECJ

30 November 2010

30 November 2010

New updated comprehensive guidance on illegal working

New updated comprehensive guidance on illegal working New guidance for employers on preventing illegal working has been published by the UK Border Agency. The guidance...

30 November 2010

Tribunal finds Acas Code applies to SOSR dismissals

Tribunal finds Acas Code applies to SOSR dismissals In Cummings v Siemens Communications Ltd, an employment tribunal has surprisingly held that the Acas Code on...

30 November 2010

Acas urges earlier use of collective conciliation

Acas urges earlier use of collective conciliation Acas has published new research that shows that opportunities to resolve collective disputes by bringing in Acas at...

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Unmanaged conflict will hinder economic recovery

30 November 2010

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