Our employment law update for May covers a new EAT case on whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, whether a blatant racial insult falls outside the scope of the Equality Act 2010 because it was not made “in...more
5/29/2025
/ Appeals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equality Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers
This week we mark the introduction on 26 October of the duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, and consider a few recent cases showing that this is a workplace issue that refuses to go away Last Saturday...more
After a slightly extended summer break, we return with a summary of the new sexual harassment rules due to come into force in just over two weeks....more
10/10/2024
/ Amended Legislation ,
Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Dates ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
New Guidance ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Assessment ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK
Welcome to the new Two Minute Weekly.
Following requests from readers, we are changing the format of our employment law newsletter. It will now be weekly and will feature as it did before news items and new cases....more
7/18/2024
/ Compensation ,
Compliance ,
Consultation ,
Draft Guidance ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
Human Rights ,
International Labor Laws ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Third-Party ,
UK
Our May update includes a case on whistleblowing where the claimant’s belief in the disclosures was questioned along with whether decision makers who knew little or nothing about the disclosures could be blamed for those who...more
5/30/2024
/ Disability ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Information Reports ,
Pay Gap ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers
Our January update includes a new Court of Session case giving (a degree of) certainty on settlement agreements prohibiting future unknown claims and a new case on constructive dismissal focusing on the rules around delaying...more
2/1/2024
/ Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Grievance Process ,
Paternity Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill (the Act) recently received Royal Assent and will come into force in October 2024.
Although there is no clue in the title, the Act is concerned exclusively with...more
Our September update includes new case law on the controversial area of gender-critical/trans beliefs, a far-reaching anonymity order made by the EAT, dismissals for political beliefs/activities and a news roundup on ACAS...more
9/13/2022
/ Anonymity ,
Conciliation ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Political Affiliation ,
Political Candidates ,
Political Speech ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal