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    Supreme Court’s unfair dismissal ruling in Royal Mail case gives pause for thought

    by Ian Jones 9 Dec 2019
    by Ian Jones 9 Dec 2019

    This recent case should sound an alert for companies looking to dismiss staff for...

    • Agency workers
    • Case law
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    Staff agency for top hotels discriminated against bearded Sikh man

    by Rob Moss 4 Dec 2019
    by Rob Moss 4 Dec 2019

    A Sikh man has won £7,000 after an agency which supplies staff to exclusive London hotels said it was not...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Soldier mistaken for colleague wins race discrimination claim

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Dec 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Dec 2019

    A BAME soldier who was mistaken for BAME colleague and given a scathing performance appraisal as a result has won...

    • Case law
    • Disability discrimination
    • Gender

    Department store criticised for period badges

    by Rob Moss 29 Nov 2019
    by Rob Moss 29 Nov 2019

    A department store in Japan has said it is reviewing a policy where its staff could wear badges indicating whether...

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    Supreme Court: Whistleblowing led to Royal Mail employee’s dismissal

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Nov 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Nov 2019

    A Royal Mail employee was unfairly dismissed for blowing the whistle, not for the alleged poor performance – based on...

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    Wearing a poppy in the workplace: myth or reality?

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Nov 2019
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Nov 2019

    Employers sometimes make the headlines over their policy on staff wearing a poppy in the workplace. We set out the...

    • General Data Protection Regulation
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    Morrisons’ vicarious liability appeal reaches Supreme Court

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Nov 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Nov 2019

    Morrisons’ appeal against the landmark decision that it was vicariously liable for a large-scale data breach is being heard at...

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    Ex-Mulberry employee loses philosophical belief appeal

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Oct 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Oct 2019

    A former Mulberry designer who refused to sign a copyright agreement because she had a “philosophical belief” in the right...

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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...

    • Case law
    • Gender reassignment discrimination
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    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...

    • Case law
    • 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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