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Government backs laws providing additional paid leave to parents whose babies require neonatal care after birth

28 July 2022

27 July 2022

M&S worker wins unfair dismissal case after confrontation with customer over wearing a face mask

In the case of Mrs D Daisy v Marks and Spencer Plc a Leeds tribunal was told Mrs Daisy went off work due to 'high...

26 July 2022

ET rules that ethical veganism is not a protected belief where it involves breaking the law

In Ms S Free Miles v The Royal Veterinary College Shakira Free Miles is a veterinary nurse. She believes that animals’ lives have innate value...

25 July 2022

Asian Professor wins racial discrimination case against NHS Trust

In the case of Professor Tanweer Ahmed v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Prof Ahmed joined ULHT in 2003 as director of Lincoln Clinical Research...

22 July 2022

What are an employer’s obligations in a heatwave?

The law does not state a minimum or maximum temperature. A meaningful maximum figure cannot be given due to the high temperatures found in, for...

21 July 2022

Action plan announced to tackle sexual harassment culture in hospitality

Hospitality bosses have agreed a strict zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment of staff in their venues with the launch of a new action plan today....

20 July 2022

Supreme Court judgment rules diplomatic immunity does not apply in modern slavery claim

In Basfar v Wong Ms Josephine Wong (a national of the Philippines) was a migrant domestic worker who worked in the household of Mr Khalid...

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Superdry knitwear designer wins age discrimination case after bosses refused to promote her because they thought she was ‘too old to quit’ and would stay ‘no matter how she was treated’

19 July 2022

18 July 2022

Network Rail workers discriminated against female colleague by watching porn and being extremely sexist

In Ms R Owens v Network Rail Rowena Owens was subjected to ‘extreme sexism’ by at least 16 male workers at the large signal centre...

15 July 2022

What does the Forstater judgment mean for employers?

On 6th July 2022 an employment tribunal found that Maya Forstater had been directly discriminated against by the Centre for Global Development (CGD) because of...

14 July 2022

Netherlands becomes one of the first countries to grant remote working flexibility by law

The Dutch parliament has approved a legislation forcing employers to consider employee requests to work from home as long as their professions allow it. It...

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Swansea University academics lose unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for gross misconduct

13 July 2022

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