Our employment law update for May covers a new EAT case on whether job applicants can bring whistleblowing claims, whether a blatant racial insult falls outside the scope of the Equality Act 2010 because it was not made “in...more
5/29/2025
/ Appeals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equality Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers
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
After a slightly extended summer break, we return with a summary of the new sexual harassment rules due to come into force in just over two weeks....more
10/10/2024
/ Amended Legislation ,
Best Practices ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Dates ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ,
New Guidance ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Assessment ,
Sexual Harassment ,
UK
This week, we explore and offer practical guidance on neurodiversity, a workplace issue that, much like the menopause, has developed substantially over the past few years and is now a part of Labour’s employment law reform...more
Our June update includes a new gender critical philosophical belief case exploring some new areas (such as the nature of the workplace), a case on redaction of disclosure documents and whether the redacted material was...more
6/28/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
EU ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Gender Identity ,
Human Rights ,
Protected Activity ,
Redacted Documents ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
Religious Expression ,
Remote Working ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal
Our April update includes a case on AI facial recognition software that allegedly discriminated against black people, a case where an individual carrying out a dismissal did not have enough knowledge of protected disclosures...more
4/30/2024
/ Age Discrimination ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equality Act ,
Flexible Work Arrangements ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Racial Bias ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Whistleblowers ,
Work Schedules
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
This blog follows on from recent developments in the US regarding affirmative action. Introduced in the early 1960s, affirmative action increased the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education...more
Our October update includes a significant Supreme Court decision on how to treat historic underpayments of holiday pay, a preliminary tribunal hearing on whether a belief in race equality that opposed critical race theory was...more
10/31/2023
/ Blacklist ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Rights Act ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Equality Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Holiday Pay ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redundancy Dismissals ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
UK GDPR ,
UK Supreme Court ,
Underpayment ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Wage and Hour
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