Our employment law update for April covers the Supreme Court decision the correct definition of “sex” and “woman” in the Equality Act and a Court of Appeal decision providing guidelines on gross misconduct dismissals....more
4/28/2025
/ Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equality Act ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
Gender Identity ,
Gross Misconduct ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Gap ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
Unfair Dismissal
This week we look at a case that covers the issue of what constitutes proper lawful consultation in smaller scale redundancies (fewer than 20). In particular, the case looks at whether there a need for group consultation, and...more
Our June update includes a new gender critical philosophical belief case exploring some new areas (such as the nature of the workplace), a case on redaction of disclosure documents and whether the redacted material was...more
6/28/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
EU ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Gender Identity ,
Human Rights ,
Protected Activity ,
Redacted Documents ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Religious Expression ,
Remote Working ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal
Our March update includes a case on whether a theatre and agency could dismiss an actor playing a lesbian role because of her devout Christian beliefs, and a case looking at whether an employee who spends virtually all her...more
3/28/2024
/ Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equal Pay ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Jurisdiction ,
Pay Gap ,
Ports ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Remote Working ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal
Our October update includes a significant Supreme Court decision on how to treat historic underpayments of holiday pay, a preliminary tribunal hearing on whether a belief in race equality that opposed critical race theory was...more
10/31/2023
/ Blacklist ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Rights Act ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
UK GDPR ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Underpayment ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Wage and Hour
Our June update includes cases on whether an employer notified of an employee’s pregnancy just before termination is liable for a pregnancy dismissal, whether an employer’s future discovery of a disability makes it...more
6/27/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Furloughs ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Performance Reviews ,
Popular ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Sick Leave ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
Our April update includes cases on religious belief discrimination in the education sector, with a school chaplain preaching to pupils his views on same-sex marriage, a case considering whether the potentially disruptive...more
4/26/2023
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Remote Working ,
Sex Discrimination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers
Our March update includes new cases on whether a “without prejudice” letter attaching a settlement agreement and referring to a termination by mutual agreement can be an effective dismissal letter, the role of written...more
3/23/2023
/ Contract Terms ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Maternity Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Redundancy Payments ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Work Schedules
Our November update includes new case law on settlement agreements, particularly the extent to which they can prevent future claims, satisfying statutory requirements for protected disclosures in whistleblowing cases and an...more