Discrimination, UK

Navigating AI in the Workplace and Recruitment

Mayer Brown on 3/22/2024

In recent years, we have seen an increase in employers using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, whether to assist with decision-making and staff management across the life-cycle of the employment relationship or...more

Data Privacy and AI: What Should UK and EU Employers Look out for in 2024?

Littler on 2/5/2024

As we look ahead to 2024, it is clear that both data protection and AI will continue to take center stage in the UK, as it will in many other countries. In this article we look ahead to the developments that are expected...more

Eight Categories Summarizing the Directives of Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

Balch & Bingham LLP on 10/31/2023

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” (“EO”) that issues a multitude of directives across a wide swath of federal agencies and departments,...more

FCA and PRA Publish Consultation on New Rules Relating to Diversity and Inclusion

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/27/2023

Key Points - -Following a joint Discussion Paper in 2021 issued by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), both regulators have now issued Consultation Papers proposing new...more

Pensions: what's new this week - 25 September 2023

A&O Shearman on 9/26/2023

Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover the following topics: PLSA updated...more

UK - ICO publishes neurotechnology report flagging the discrimination risks in brain-monitoring technologies

A&O Shearman on 6/22/2023

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published a report on neurotechnology and released an accompanying statement on 8 June 2023....more

UK launches review of the Arbitration Act 1996 to ensure a ‘state of the art’ system

King & Spalding on 10/3/2022

Last week, the Law Commission published a consultation paper regarding the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”), which is the key piece of legislation that regulates arbitration in England and Wales. The consultation paper starts...more

Dechert’s London Employment Team – The Employment Edit - Autumn 2021

Dechert LLP on 9/20/2021

Dechert's London Employment Team is pleased to present The Employment Edit, Autumn 2021 – a summary of the most important recent cases and news affecting employers in the UK. We hope you find this newsletter helpful and...more

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

Morgan Lewis on 6/16/2021

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

Is Your Diversity and Equality Training Good Enough?

Dechert LLP on 4/1/2021

In this OnPoint we report on a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision which demonstrates why conducting regular, and good quality, diversity and equality training is vital. Introduction - When an employee commits an act...more

UK Companies Responsible For Business And Human Rights Violations Overseas

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/8/2020

English courts have been busy passing judgment on UK companies that have allegedly violated business and human rights (BHR) obligations overseas. UK businesses (or large corporations with a presence in the UK) with operations...more

Supreme Court Rules Bakery Did Not Discriminate Against Gay Customer

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/15/2018

The Supreme Court has this week handed down judgment in the long-running “gay cake” case (Lee v McArthur and Ashers Baking Company Limited). The bakery, which is in Northern Ireland and run by individuals with strict...more

Disciplinary Process: One-off Act or Ongoing Act in Discrimination Context?

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/1/2018

In Hale v Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust UKEAT/0342/16/LA the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a disciplinary process was a one-off act or an ongoing act in the context of U.K....more

Increase in "Injury to Feelings" Awards in Discrimination Claims

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/1/2018

The Vento bands for “injury to feelings” awards in discrimination claims have been increased. The new figures, applicable to claims issued on or after 6 April 2018, are as follows: - Lower band, for the least serious...more

Employment news - April 2018

Hogan Lovells on 4/9/2018

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

Employment News - September 2017 #2

Hogan Lovells on 9/19/2017

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

Employment News - July 2017 #4

Hogan Lovells on 7/24/2017

Compare and contrast – pension based on hours reduced because of disability was not discriminatory - The Court of Appeal has upheld the EAT decision in Williams v The Trustees of Swansea University Pension & Assurance...more

Employment News - June 2017 #2

Hogan Lovells on 6/12/2017

Keep it for later – European Court's Advocate General issues Opinion that the right to paid leave can be carried over if employer has not offered it - According to the preliminary Opinion of the European Court in The Sash...more

Supreme Court Rules on Indirect Discrimination Test

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/1/2017

In the joint cases of Essop and others v Home Office (UK Border Agency) and Naeem v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 27, the U.K. Supreme Court examined the test for establishing indirect discrimination. ...more

Employment News - May 2017 #2

Hogan Lovells on 5/15/2017

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

Employment News - April 2017 #2

Hogan Lovells on 4/11/2017

One for all – no need to prove the reason for group disadvantage for indirect discrimination claim - The Supreme Court in Essop v Home Office has allowed the claimants' appeal against the Court of Appeal's rejection of...more

Employment News - April 2017

Hogan Lovells on 4/3/2017

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

Employment News - March 2017 #3

Hogan Lovells on 3/21/2017

Last minute decider – incapacity dismissal without considering new evidence was disability discrimination - The Court of Appeal in O'Brien v Bolton St Catherine's Academy has reinstated a Tribunal decision that the...more

New Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Disclosures Will Soon Take Effect for Large Employers in Great Britain

Littler on 3/13/2017

Effective April 6, 2017, new Gender Pay Reporting regulations to address the gender pay gap (the “Regulations”) come into force in Great Britain. The Regulations are intended to address the pay gap between men and women by...more

Employment News - March 2017 #1

Hogan Lovells on 3/6/2017

Missing the jackpot – High Court awards nominal damages for breach of confidentiality - Marathon Asset Management LLP v Seddon arose out of a team move from an investment management business (MAM). Prior to leaving...more

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