Employment and HR

• Equality and Diversity Training Needs Regular Refreshment to Be Effective

  • Posted15 April 2021

  The provision of workplace equality and diversity training can afford employers a powerful defence in employment proceedings. As one case showed, however, such training is wont to become stale in...

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• Racism on the Shop Floor – Employers Can Expect to Carry the Can

  • Posted6 April 2021

  Some shop floors are rough and ready places where foul language abounds, but if a worker makes a racist or other discriminatory comment it is likely to be the employer...

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• Severe Menopausal Symptoms Can Amount to a Disability, ET Rules

  • Posted15 March 2021

  The word ‘disability’ may summon images of people suffering from grave physical incapacity but, in employment law terms, it has a much broader meaning than that. In an employment case...

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• Employer Brought to Book for Maternity/Pregnancy Discrimination

  • Posted5 March 2021

  Employers who are found to have discriminated on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity will swiftly be brought to book. That was certainly so in the case of a tanning...

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• Whistleblowing – Not Every Disclosure Deserves Protection

  • Posted18 February 2021

  In order to qualify for legal protection, whistleblowers must genuinely believe that the disclosures they make to their employers are justified and in the public interest. The Court of Appeal...

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• Financier’s ‘Utility Token’ Golden Hello Triggers Employment Test Case

  • Posted5 February 2021

  Online trading in a wide range of cryptocurrencies, tokens and vouchers has taken off in the past few years and the law faces a stiff challenge in keeping up with...

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