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Are thongs so wrong? Yes, says police force

Police officers in the West Midlands have been given strict instructions about the underwear they wear at work, according to the Daily Telegraph , and they're not happy. Read More...

Published 23 Aug 2010 10:36 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: dress code, terms and conditions, discrimination, hr policy and strategy, police

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 07.08.10 to 20.08.10

A round-up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: a police officer who was forced out after blowing the whistle on a colleague; an investment banker who is seeking £13.5 million after successfully claiming sex discrimination;...

Published 20 Aug 2010 1:08 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, holiday, sex discrimination, maternity leave, discrimination, redundancy, religion, national minimum wage, race discrimination, dismissal, pregnancy, long-term sickness, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing

No religious discrimination for dismissal for telling ill woman to "put her faith in God"

An employment tribunal has found that a housing officer was not unfairly dismissed or discriminated against on the ground of his religion when he was dismissed for telling a woman with an incurable disease that she needed to "put her faith in God"...

Published 12 Aug 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, discrimination, religion, employment tribunals, dismissal, unfair dismissal

No religious discrimination against employee dismissed for telling ill woman to "put her faith in God"

An employment tribunal has found that a housing officer was not unfairly dismissed or discriminated against on the ground of his religion when he was dismissed for telling a woman with an incurable disease that she needed to "put her faith in God"...

Published 12 Aug 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, discrimination, religion, employment tribunals, dismissal, unfair dismissal

Postscript to Christian registrar case: Ladele awarded five days' holiday pay

Lillian Ladele, the registrar brought a religious discrimination claim after refusing to conduct civil partnership ceremonies between same-sex couples, has been back in an employment tribunal, reports the the Islington Tribune website . Read More...

Published 7 Jun 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, discrimination, religion

Pagans, spiritualists and employment law, oh my!

Employees' religion or beliefs don't usually have an impact in their workplace, and actual claims are rarer still. Race and sex discrimination (to take two examples) are much more prevalent in society than discrimination based on religion or belief...

Published 18 May 2010 4:28 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, discrimination, religion, hr policy and strategy, time off, police, belief, spiritualism, paganism

First genetic discrimination case emerges from the US

Details of the first employment case involving genetic discrimination, which is now outlawed in the US, have been made public, reports the New Scientist website . Read More...

Published 4 May 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee health, usa, discrimination

Court of Appeal responds to concerns over lack of protection for Christians in the workplace

The Court of Appeal has given short shrift to former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey's calls for the courts to do more to protect the rights of Christians, following a statement he made in support of an appeal by Gary McFarlane, a Christian counsellor...

Published 30 Apr 2010 3:31 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, discrimination, religion, sexual orientation

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 03.04.10 to 16.04.10

A round up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including well-publicised cases involving: Tim Wheeler, former chief executive of property group Brixton plc; a Christian nurse who was not allowed to wear her cross necklace while...

Published 16 Apr 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, discrimination, religion, employment tribunals, race discrimination, dismissal, deductions from pay, unfair dismissal

Religion or belief: climate change worker settles discrimination case

Tim Nicholson, the worker who successfully argued that his belief in the importance of acting to mitigate climate change is capable of being a philosophical belief for the purposes of religion or belief discrimination, has settled his case with Grainger...

Published 15 Apr 2010 5:06 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, discrimination, religion, environment, philosophical belief

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 20.03.10 to 02.04.10

A round up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: a new mother's successful sex discrimination claim after she was told that she looked like a mess when she returned from maternity leave; a part-time magistrate who...

Published 2 Apr 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, discrimination, disability discrimination, employment tribunals, disability, pregnancy, costs, unfair dismissal

Draft EHRC Code of Practice: Don't Panic!

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has caused a bit of a stir with its draft Employment Statutory Code of Practice on the Equality Bill (external link), specifically in relation to discrimination on the ground of religion or belief. Read...

Published 16 Mar 2010 8:47 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, discrimination, religion, equality bill, philosophical belief, EHRC, Grainger, Nicholson, belief

Job Centre Plus brands advert requesting reliable workers "discriminatory"

An advert requesting "very reliable and hardworking" workers has been branded "discriminatory" by Job Centre Plus, which refused to place the ad as it considered it discriminated against "unreliable workers", according to...

Published 28 Jan 2010 3:52 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, employee rights, discrimination

Employment tribunals: what would you like to see covered?

XpertHR's case reporting has been improved with the addition of a new service providing summaries of new employment decisions, as well as the full transcripts of the cases , to go alongside our more detailed monthly summaries on a particular area...

Published 27 Jan 2010 11:53 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, sex discrimination, discrimination, disability discrimination, race discrimination, disability, sexual harassment, reasonable adjustments

ECJ decisions on defences to age discrimination

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given two judgments on when employers can set upper age limits for employment, in Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt Am Main [subscription required] and Petersen v Berufungsausschuss Für Zahnärzte Für Den Bezirk Westfalen-Lippe...

Published 15 Jan 2010 11:05 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, age, discrimination, public sector

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