Employment and HR

• Establishing Disability Under the Equality Act

  • Posted13 March 2013

  A person is disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 if he or she has an impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability...

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• ET Wrong to Strike Out Discrimination Claims After Claimant’s Evidence

  • Posted8 March 2013

  In Timbo v Greenwich Council for Racial Equality, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the Employment Tribunal (ET) had erred in law in acceding to the respondent’s application to...

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• Modern Workplaces – Two Consultations

  • Posted4 March 2013

  The Government has published a consultation on how its proposed shared parental leave reforms will work in practice. The closing date for submissions is 17 May 2013. In...

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• Victimised Royal Mail Worker Wins Tribunal Claim

  • Posted28 February 2013

  A former Royal Mail postal worker whose claims of unfair dismissal and victimisation were upheld by the Employment Tribunal (ET) has reached a settlement with his employer for an undisclosed...

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• EHRC Guidance on Managing Religion or Belief in the Workplace

  • Posted25 February 2013

  Following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in four cases concerning religious rights in the workplace, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has published guidance to help...

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• HSE Publishes Workplace Ill Health and Injury Statistics

  • Posted25 February 2013

  Provisional statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that the number of people in Britain injured and made unwell at work fell in the year April 2011...

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