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No Place At The (Pool) Table For Trans Women - Haynes v The English Blackball Pool Federation

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We report this week on one of the first court decisions dealing with transgender issues since the publication of the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers (FWS). ...more

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Definition of "Woman” in the Equality Act, Guidance on Conduct Dismissals, and a News Roundup - UK HR Two Minute Monthly: April...

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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

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: December 2023

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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 Roundup. ...more

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UK HR Two Minute Monthly: September 2023

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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

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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: August 2023

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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

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Getting the balance right when managing employees with conflicting philosophical beliefs

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The high-profile Forstater case highlights the challenges for employers where staff have conflicting beliefs which impinge on the rights of others....more

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UK Employment Appeal Tribunal: ‘Gender-critical’ Beliefs Are Protected Philosophical Beliefs

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The UK’s Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found on 10 June 2021 in Maya Forstater v CGD Europe and others that gender-critical beliefs—including believing that one’s biological sex is immutable and not to be conflated with...more

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Gender is a Spectrum: Landmark UK Ruling Expands the Equality Act

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A UK employment tribunal has decisively expanded cleared years of ambiguity surrounding the definition of “gender-reassignment” in the Equality Act to include non-binary gender identities. The Equality Act of 2010 protects...more

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