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    Strikes: Government will not appeal agency workers ruling

    by Rob Moss 27 Jul 2023
    by Rob Moss 27 Jul 2023

    From 10 August, employers will no longer be able to use agency workers to cover striking employees.

    • Age discrimination
    • Police
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    Police Federation will not appeal discrimination ruling

    by Jo Faragher 19 Jul 2023
    by Jo Faragher 19 Jul 2023

    The Police Federation will not appeal a recent tribunal decision finding it had discriminated against officers who sought justice after being moved to an inferior pension scheme.

    • Northern Ireland
    • Case law
    • Employment law

    Supreme Court to hear historical holiday underpayments case

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Dec 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Dec 2022

    The Supreme Court is set to consider historical holiday underpayments in Chief Constable of The Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew.

    • Collective redundancy
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    Redundancy: Five common errors businesses must avoid

    by Will Clayton 28 Oct 2022
    by Will Clayton 28 Oct 2022

    The last thing businesses will want to do is to compound their financial problems with avoidable errors in the redundancy process that render cost-saving dismissals unfair.

    • Age discrimination
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    Settlement agreements cannot void future discrimination claims, EAT rules

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Oct 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Oct 2022

    A settlement agreement cannot make a future discrimination void, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled in Bathgate v Technip.

    • Case law
    • Belief discrimination
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    Supporting Glasgow Rangers is not a philosophical belief, finds tribunal

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Sep 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Sep 2022

    Supporting a particular football team cannot be considered a philosophical belief worthy of protection under the Equality Act, an employment tribunal has ruled.

    • Case law
    • Employment law
    • Education

    Supreme Court: Holiday pay for part-year staff should not be pro-rated

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jul 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jul 2022

    The Supreme Court has ruled that employees that only work for part of the year, such as term-time workers, are...

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    Maya Forstater wins belief discrimination case over gender-critical views

    by Rob Moss 6 Jul 2022
    by Rob Moss 6 Jul 2022

    Maya Forstater has won her claim of direct discrimination and victimisation for her belief that sex is immutable at the employment tribunal.

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    • Belief discrimination

    Christian doctor loses transgender pronoun case, but beliefs worthy of protection

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2022

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that a Christian doctor's beliefs about transgenderism were protected under the Equality Act 2010.

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    Long Covid: what tribunal’s disability ruling means for HR

    by Richard Fox and Özlem Mehmet 23 Jun 2022
    by Richard Fox and Özlem Mehmet 23 Jun 2022

    An employment tribunal ruling confirms that, in the case of one worker, long Covid amounted to a disability.

    • Case law
    • Latest News
    • Employment tribunals

    Frewer v Google: How it’s getting harder to protect identities at tribunal

    by Caroline Philipps and Mike Tremeer 30 May 2022
    by Caroline Philipps and Mike Tremeer 30 May 2022

    Caroline Philipps and Mike Tremeer examine a recent appeal where redactions of client identities were refused.

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    School discriminated against Christian caretaker who tweeted against Pride

    by Rob Moss 3 May 2022
    by Rob Moss 3 May 2022

    An employment tribunal has ruled that a Cambridgeshire school indirectly discriminated against a teacher when it gave him a final written warning.

    • Case law
    • Belief discrimination
    • Gender

    Philosophical belief: barrister’s tribunal claim against Stonewall begins

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Apr 2022

    An employment tribunal case involving a barrister who is alleging her chambers and LGBT campaign group Stonewall tried to silence her views on gender has begun.

    • Case law
    • Bullying and harassment
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    EAT hears David Mackereth’s appeal against trans pronouns ruling

    by Rob Moss 29 Mar 2022
    by Rob Moss 29 Mar 2022

    Christian doctor dismissed for refusing to refer to transgender people by their preferred pronouns is appealing a 2019 judgment at the employment tribunal.

    • Case law
    • Industrial action / strikes
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    Trade union detriment: action short of dismissal is legal, finds Court of Appeal

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Mar 2022

    Employers are able to sanction employees that take part in industrial action without breaching their human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

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