No need to know that reason for unfavourable treatment arises from disability -
Employees can only succeed with a claim of unfavourable treatment arising from a disability if the employer knows that they have a disability....more
5/21/2018
/ Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gig Economy ,
Harassment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Parental Leave ,
Sex Discrimination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal
In this weeks issue:
- Consultation on parental bereavement leave
- On the up – increase in Vento bands in discrimination claims
- Better late than never? – EHRC enforcement of gender pay gap reporting...
...more
4/9/2018
/ Bereavement Leave ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Gap ,
Risk Management ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Ask the question – employee not necessarily required to suggest bumping...
- I work from 9 to 5 – no injury to feelings compensation for breach of...more
3/26/2018
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Father's Rights ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Parental Leave ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
UK ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Take two: dismissing pregnant workers...
- Informal approach – reasonable adjustments duty applied to long working hours...
- Retirement...more
3/12/2018
/ Age Discrimination ,
Appeals ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Retirement ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Ask the right question – disability and occupational health advice
- All work and no pay – standby time at home was working time
- Going up –...more
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Small steps – government response to the Taylor Review.
- That hurts. Working time detriment could lead to injury to feelings award.
- It's not...more
2/12/2018
/ Age Discrimination ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Holiday Pay ,
International Labor Laws ,
Parental Leave ,
Pension Schemes ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Sector ,
Retirement Plan ,
Sick Leave ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Wide reach – tribunal could hear claims against workers based abroad...
- Is sex discrimination law fit for purpose?
...more
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Don't break it – rest periods have to be uninterrupted...
- Is that relevant? Disclosure of documents between employee and union...more
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Promises, promises – individual pay offers a breach of TULRCA...
- You and whose army? EHRC outlines approach to enforcing gender pay gap...more
In this weeks issue:
- Nice try - no breach of contract when employee placed on garden leave...
- It's not what you say - dismissal not for making protected disclosures...
- That's all folks...
...more
In this weeks issue:
- Employer vicariously liable for employee's data breach
- Time and time again - no implied right to bonus through custom and practice
- Making progress - gender pay gap toolkit...more
In this weeks issue:
- White lies – incorrect reason for dismissal breach of trust and confidence...
- Substance not form – TUPE transfer followed share sale...
- Did you see that? CCTV recordings and disciplinary...more
Weekly newsletter on employment matters.
In this weeks issue:
- Open to non-members – rejection of job application because of previous union activities was unlawful.
- Stevenson/Farmer review into mental health in...more
11/7/2017
/ Airlines ,
Appeals ,
Aviation Industry ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Mental Health ,
Trade Unions ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Union Membership ,
Workplace Safety
Uplifting – injury to feelings compensation must be increased by 10% -
After a number of conflicting decisions in the EAT, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that injury to feelings discrimination compensation awarded in...more
Don’t look now – European Court decides monitoring employee's email account did breach privacy right -
In Barbulescu v Romania the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has decided that an employee's right to...more
9/11/2017
/ Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
EU ,
European Court of Human Rights ,
Health Insurance ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Right to Privacy
Wrong answer – applicant should have been allowed an alternative to multiple choice test -
The EAT in Government Legal Service v Brookes found that a job applicant with Asperger's had been unlawfully discriminated...more
5/15/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Bargaining Units ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unions ,
Whistleblowers
Plus ça change… - the employment law implications of the Great Repeal Bill -
The government published its white paper "Legislating for the UK's withdrawal from the EU" last week. The employment law consequences of Brexit...more
4/3/2017
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equality Act ,
EU ,
European Communities Act ,
Proposed Legislation ,
TUPE ,
UK ,
UK Brexit