Fatherhood penalty – statutory shared parental pay not discriminatory

In Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd and The Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall the Court of Appeal confirmed that paying enhanced maternity pay but only shared parental pay is neither direct nor indirect discrimination, nor a breach of equal pay requirements.

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All in a day's work – employers should record daily working time

The CJEU has held that the Working Time Directive requires Member States to ensure that employers keep a record of workers' daily working time, so that workers are able to enforce their rights to maximum working time and daily and weekly rest periods.

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Fit note – refusal of international posting not disability discrimination

An employer's refusal to allow an employee to take up an international posting because of his various medical conditions was not disability discrimination, according to the Court of Appeal in Owen v Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd.

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