Managing World Cup Fever
By Caroline Cockbain, Associate Director.
Football fever is about to hit the nation with the World Cup running from 14 June until 15 July. While...
Increases to Discrimination Awards Announced
By Caroline Cockbain, Associate Director.
When deciding how much compensation to award to a successful claimant in discrimination cases, it is worth remembering...
Risk Assessments for Breastfeeding Mothers
A recent case heard by the European Court of Justice looked at whether it was sex discrimination for an employer to fail to conduct a risk assessment for...
Discrimination awards at the employment tribunal - new bandings announced
Although equality legislation provides that an award of damages in discrimination claims may include compensation for 'injured feelings', it does not provide...
Headscarves Ban and Religious Discrimination
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday issued its decision in the case of Achtiba v G4S Secure Solutions, which looked at a ban on wearing headscarves...
Employment Law in November 2012
Employer breached contract by demoting employee for Facebook comments and Employer breached contract by demoting employee for Facebook comments…
EAT decides that flawed disciplinary process was not disability discrimination
Few weeks ago The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has allowed an appeal against an Employment Tribunal’s finding that an employer’s failure to conduct...
Bus driver dismissed because of his British National Party membership
Bus driver dismissed because of his British National Party (BNP) membership wins case in European Court of Human Rights.
EAT latest ruling in regards to disability discrimination
In this case, an employee claimed disability discrimination arising out of anxiety and depression. However, the employee refused to co-operate with the employer...
Employment Law Hot Topics in September 2012
Dismissals from harmonisation of T&Cs as a result of TUPE, HMRC taxes employee's damages for breach of contract - Employment Law News in September
Assumption that an employee complaint was alleging race discrimination was discriminatory
Employer’s assumption that a complaint raised by a black employee was alleging race discrimination was held in itself to be discriminatory…
Latest in Employment News in August 2012
New ACAS Giudelines, New EAT descisions and Dismissals based on unverified allegations found fair - Employment Law News August.
Changes to Employment Law in August 2012
News and updates to employment law including unfiar dismissal, sick leave and discrimination claims…
Justifying Discrimination on the Grounds of Cost - Expert Comments
It is a well known principle of law that discrimination cannot be justified on the basis of cost alone. Intuitively, this makes sense, as otherwise it would...
Age Discrimination Claims Rise Dramatically
The annual statistics for the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal tribunal for April 2010 to March 2011 have recently been published.
