The Government has confirmed that it is to postpone the extension of the right to unpaid parental leave until 2013 due to the ongoing development of its Modern Workplaces policy. Under the Parental Leave Directive, the parents of a child u  More...
20 January 2012 16:14

One of my senior planning department employees has recently got married. Her new husband works for our fiercest competitor and I am concerned that she may be tempted to disclose our confidential information to him. I have never had a problem with her be  More...
11 January 2012 08:54

A former NHS worker has been awarded £933,115 in compensation after an employment tribunal found that he had been subject to racial discrimination and unfair dismissal. Elliot Browne was a divisional director at Central Manchester University NH  More...
10 January 2012 14:36

Two cases decided in 2011 take a broad approach to the application of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, says employment lawyer Gemma Hay. Q What is the Protection from Harassment Act 1997? The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 prohi  More...
03 January 2012 14:44

Employment lawyer Linda Stewart looks at possible measures to improve judicial diversity. While the percentage of women and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) judges within the judiciary has increased over the last decade, they remain noticeably  More...
19 December 2011 00:01

A doctor who was dismissed from her position at a hospital in Yorkshire has been awarded £4.5 million after winning a tribunal claim for unfair dismissal, sex and race discrimination. Polish-born Dr Eva Michalak worked as a consultant at Mid Yorkshi  More...
16 December 2011 09:34

FTSE companies have today been praised for making some progress in putting women in board-level positions, but it was stressed that more work needs to be done if boardroom diversity is to be achieved at the rate proposed by the Government. Speaking  More...
03 November 2011 16:46

One of my employees has recently raised a grievance, saying that her managers are bullying her on the ground of her pregnancy. She has admitted covertly taping many of her meetings with her managers "as evidence". The managers deny the bullying allegati  More...
02 November 2011 14:32

The Government has published a guide on the Equality Act 2010's specific public sector equality duties, in order to help public organisations in their compliance. Specific equality duties are intended to aid public authorities in complying with the   More...
26 October 2011 10:00

Far from removing the right of older workers to retire with dignity, Dr Matt Flynn believes that the abolition of the default retirement age (DRA) and the resultant focus on performance management will result in a more sympathetic workplace for the over  More...
20 October 2011 16:22

Leading UK employers have teamed up to tackle the barriers that often prevent disabled candidates from getting jobs. To date, 19 companies - including Reed, Remploy, Ernst & Young, Cisco, Pinsent Masons and Alexander Mann - have signed up   More...
20 October 2011 12:28

Equality and Human Rights Commission chair Trevor Phillips last night called on businesses to embrace diversity as a key business issue, speaking at the launch of the Employers' Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei). The network develops on the   More...
19 October 2011 16:27

HR directors may be underestimating the potential business impact of foreign employees' ability to speak the language. This is according to research by the London School of English, which found that 98% of HR directors believe that their non-na  More...
19 October 2011 13:50

Employers should assess their approach to diversity and ensure that it is understood and accepted by employees in light of a case involving six white police officers suing the Metropolitan Police on grounds of racial discrimination, an employment   More...
19 October 2011 11:54

Prime Minister David Cameron today welcomed the progress made in increasing the number of women in senior positions in UK business, but stressed that there is "still a long way to go" if true board-level diversity is to be achieved. Cameron was spea  More...
12 October 2011 16:40

OraRuth Rother, co-founder of HireMatch.me, discusses how businesses can use pioneering recruitment techniques to boost recovery, broaden their talent pool and pre-empt the threat of new legislation. The continuing refusal of Britain's blue-chip busi  More...
12 October 2011 00:01

With the Equality Act 2010 celebrating its first birthday this October, one employer has made it into the headlines by implementing a "speak English only" policy during work hours. The reported policy, affecting 120 warehouse staff based at a d  More...
10 October 2011 10:37

The BBC has been making the news as well as breaking it this week, announcing that it will slash 2,000 jobs by 2017 as part of an effort to cut 20% from its budget. But, while the organisation sets out plans to make these savings, it has also been under  More...
07 October 2011 14:55

Making reasonable adjustments for disabled employees presents affected employers with something of a dilemma in deciding what, legally, can be considered reasonable. John Charlton reports on recent defining cases and takes counsel from legal experts on   More...
06 October 2011 10:14

The Equality Act was introduced to provide clarity on the rights of individuals to ensure equal opportunities. However, there are still areas that remain uncertain and, therefore, still open to interpretation, according to employment law specialist Anne  More...
01 October 2011 11:48