Further developments in relation to harassment

The EAT confirmed in Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust that as the law currently stands employers will not generally be liable for third party harassment of employees. Meanwhile, the EHRC has published guidance on the use of confidentiality agreements in discrimination and harassment cases.

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Bringing on a sub – freelancer not an employee under Equality Act

In Town and Country Glasgow Ltd v Munro the EAT (Scotland) confirmed that a freelancer was not an employee under the Equality Act because she had a genuine right of substitution.

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Believe it or not – claim based on belief in copyright fails

The Court of Appeal rejected an employee's claim that she had been discriminated against because of her belief in the statutory human or moral right to own the copyright and moral rights of her own creative works and output, in Gray v Mulberry Company (Design) Ltd.

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Supreme Court clarifies when compensation is due to employee inventors

The Supreme Court ruled that an employee inventor was entitled to 5% of the benefit received by his employer from his inventions. You can read our IP team's summary of the decision in Shanks v Unilever plc here.

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