To defeat a claim of direct discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 , the employer must show...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has supported the opinion of the Advocate...
The High Court has dismissed a claim by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB)...
In a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that individual managers can be held...
Many employers require their staff to sign copyright agreements by which they give up their...
Questions asked of job applicants at interview should be carefully considered in advance and...
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An employee wishing to bring an unfair dismissal claim must do so within three months of their...
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Some forms of workplace misconduct may appear so serious as to obviously justify dismissal as a...
In Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Management Limited v Geduld , the Employment Appeal...
The debate about zero hours contracts has very much focused on the perceived lack of protection...
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EU Directive 92/85/EEC is aimed at protecting the health and safety of women in the workplace who...
In Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University , the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the...
The EU Information and Consultation Directive 2002 established minimum requirements for companies...
It is an implied term of any contract of employment that an employer should not act in a way that...
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In United First Partners Research v Carreras , an employee who had returned to work after he...
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The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 – often referred to as the 'Whistleblowing' Act...
There have been a number of recent cases looking at the precise nature of the employment status of...
Quite apart from any breach of sex discrimination law which might occur, it is automatically...
There can really be no excuse for a modern employer not to have in place comprehensive...
The 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup starts...
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May), which is hosted by the Mental Health...
Where there is an existing employment dispute, the communications that take place in order to...
References to 'seniority' or 'length of service' can all too easily be read as impermissible...
Under the Equality Act 2010 , direct discrimination occurs when the reason for a person being...
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