An employer that refused to offer a discretionary pay enhancement to a male employee who had availed himself of the statutory right to take shared parental leave did not run afoul of sex discrimination rules or breach the...more
7/6/2020
/ Disparate Treatment ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
International Labor Laws ,
Parental Leave ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Wage and Hour
Parents in the United Kingdom who suffer the loss of a child or a stillbirth are now entitled to two weeks’ bereavement leave under the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020 (also known as “Jack’s Law”). The campaign...more
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has refused leave to appeal in the case of Chief Constable of Leicester v. Hextall. The claimant had sought leave to appeal the court of appeal’s May 2019 ruling in the combined cases...more