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
Are Transgender Individuals “Women” Under the Equality Act 2010, Bringing New Whistleblowing Claims Already Dismissed and Settled Under a COT3, the Necessity of Early Redundancy Consultation, and a General News...more
Our September update includes cases on whether a transgender employee was discriminated against for being subject to a “gender specific” insult, the extent to which employers should enquire about employees’ disabilities in...more
9/28/2023
/ Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Incentive Plans ,
Employee Rights ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hostile Environment ,
PHI ,
Sick Leave ,
Transgender ,
TUPE ,
UK
Our August update includes cases on the (discriminatory) harassment of a gender critical employee, a case in which a dismissing officer was not present at a dismissal meeting, and a case where a tribunal reached the unusual...more
8/29/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Confidential Information ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Dismissals ,
Drivers ,
Employee Definition ,
Gender Identity ,
Harassment ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Labor Code ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Shareholders ,
Taxi Cabs ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal
Our July update includes cases on the dismissal of a devout Christian dismissed for gross misconduct for social media criticism of pro-LGBTQ+ teaching at schools, allowances that tribunals should make to litigants in person...more
7/28/2023
/ Age Discrimination ,
Anti-Nepotism Laws ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Harassment ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Human Rights ,
LGBTQ ,
Pending Legislation ,
Public Schools ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Social Networks ,
Termination ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unconscious Bias ,
Unfair Dismissal
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
Our August update includes new case law on the calculation of holiday pay for part-time workers, a tricky case on whistleblowing, two cases on the balance between gender critical views and trans discrimination, a news roundup...more
8/17/2022
/ Data Subject Access Requests ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Holiday Pay ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Transgender ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers