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    Spanish supermarket covert surveillance did not violate human rights

    by Rob Moss 17 Oct 2019
    by Rob Moss 17 Oct 2019

    The European Court of Human Rights has overturned a previous judgment it made in the case of López Ribalda and...

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    Judges entitled to whistleblowing protections, but are not ‘workers’

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Oct 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Oct 2019

    Judges and other non-contractual office holders are protected if they blow the whistle but they cannot be classified as “workers”,...

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    IR35: Time for the private sector to get its house in order?

    by Jo Faragher 16 Oct 2019
    by Jo Faragher 16 Oct 2019

    Recent decisions by major employers such as Barclays and Lloyds to bring all contractors onto payroll have ruffled feathers in...

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    Political beliefs in the workplace: what does the law say?

    by Richard Fox 15 Oct 2019
    by Richard Fox 15 Oct 2019

    As the debate over Brexit reaches a crescendo and leavers and remainers disagree on what should happen next, Richard Fox...

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    • Gender reassignment discrimination

    Christian doctor in transgender pronoun row loses at employment tribunal

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Oct 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Oct 2019

    The Christian doctor who refused to refer to transgender benefits claimants by their relevant pronouns has lost his claim for...

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    Women lose legal challenge against hike in state pension age

    by Rob Moss 3 Oct 2019
    by Rob Moss 3 Oct 2019

    The manner in which the government increased women’s state pension age was not discriminatory, a judicial review has found, rather...

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    • Disability discrimination
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    Ascertaining whether an employee has a disability

    by Charles Wynn-Evans 1 Oct 2019
    by Charles Wynn-Evans 1 Oct 2019

    Charles Wynn-Evans examines the issues arising from HR referring an employee to occupational health and the lessons to be learnt...

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    City banker wins sexism case for unequal pay and victimisation

    by Rob Moss 12 Sep 2019
    by Rob Moss 12 Sep 2019

    A financial product manager for the French bank BNP Paribas has won her case for direct sex discrimination, victimisation and...

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    Out-of-hours GP who had limited company was a worker, rules EAT

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Sep 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Sep 2019

    A recent judgment has highlighted the urgent need for a reliable tool for organisations to determine employment status, a law...

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    • Mental health conditions

    Suicidal NHS worker threatened with legal action awarded £92k

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Sep 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Sep 2019

    A former NHS worker who was threatened with legal action after reporting feeling suicidal has been awarded £92,000 in compensation...

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    Tribunal case bolsters protection for potential whistleblowers

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2019

    An employment tribunal last month concluded a case that could prove highly significant for potential whistleblowers.

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    • Education

    Holiday pay for ‘term-time’ workers should not be pro-rated

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Aug 2019

    Holiday pay for permanent staff who only work part of the year – such as term-time workers – should be...

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    • Gender reassignment discrimination

    Christian doctor ‘chose’ to leave his job over trans pronoun row

    by Rob Moss 12 Jul 2019
    by Rob Moss 12 Jul 2019

    Dr David Mackereth, the Christian doctor who claims he was dismissed for refusing to use transgender pronouns, chose to leave...

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    Christian doctor sacked for not using preferred pronouns

    by Rob Moss 10 Jul 2019
    by Rob Moss 10 Jul 2019

    A doctor has claimed he was dismissed because his Christian beliefs prohibited him from addressing transgender benefit claimants by their...

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    Restaurant worker unfairly dismissed after whistleblowing

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jun 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jun 2019

    An employment tribunal has ruled that the sacking of an assistant restaurant manager after he had blown the whistle over ingredients was unfair.

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