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The rights of LGBT workers

Chloe George — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:27:42 +0000

The Equality bill 2010 provides protection against discrimination in the provision of goods and services on grounds of sexual orientation. There is now full legal equality for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transsexuals. The Trade Union Commission has been campaigning these objectives since first adopting gay right policy in 1985. The legal transformation has been ... Read more

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Religious Discrimination

Ellie Humphris — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:07:02 +0000

The Equality Act 2010 prohibits, at Section 10, discrimination on the basis of a person’s religion or belief. In general a person is prevented from discrimination if they have a clear structure and belief system. Such a definition prevents spurious claims on the basis of pseudo religious practices. The European Human Rights Commission ... Read more

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Disability discrimination: Occupational Health report is not enough

Tom Street — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:19:48 +0000

We previously talked about disability discrimination and how if an employee self diagnoses themselves with an illness (be it physical or mental) that doesn’t mean that an employer has to implement reasonable adjustments. Instead they will need to get confirmation from other sources such as the employee’s doctor etc to confirm the knowledge that an ... Read more

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Reasonable Adjustments: Employer knowledge

Tom Street — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:50:25 +0000

Under the Equality Act 2010 an Employer is under a duty, pursuant to Section 20, to make reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities. In particular there are 3 areas in which an employer has to consider reasonable adjustments and they are as follows: Equality Act 2010 S.20 … (3)The first requirement is a requirement, where ... Read more

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Incompetent employer does not necessarily make a dismissal unfair.

Tom Street — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:29:54 +0000

Employment solicitors who act for respondents are probably all breathing a sigh of relief following a decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The case in question (Osoba v Chief Constable of Herts) related to a claim for unfair dismissal and age discrimination following a redundancy proceedings. The issue in this case revolved around the scoring ... Read more

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Case Study: Indirect Sex Discrimination within an Office.

Tom Street — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:15:25 +0000

In 2010, Tom Street & Co were instructed to represent a client in a claim for unfair dismissal and indirect sex discrimination. The case came about prior to the introduction of the Equality Act 2010 (which came into force in October 2010) and was therefore advanced under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 but, notwithstanding this, ... Read more

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Reasonable Adjustments for Disabled Employees

Ellie Humphris — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:46:45 +0000

What are Reasonable Adjustments? Under Section 20 of The Equality Act 2010 employers have a legal duty to make reasonable adjustments to prevent their disabled employees, or those applying for positions within the company, from suffering a disadvantage when compared to other employees. Factors such as economic and practical viability will be taken into consideration ... Read more

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Sexual Discrimination claim settled with solicitor “told to stay single”

chloe.george — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:35:54 +0000

A female solicitor who lodged claims for sexual harassment, sexual discrimination and wrongful dismissal, has settled her claims against a West Country firm of solicitors. Kate Baker, 33, alleged that her employer did not want her to have a relationship or have children and that she was dismissed after she began a relationship. The Employment Tribunal ... Read more

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Racial Discrimination at Work

Ellie Humphris — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:44:43 +0000

Racial Discrimination at Work Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 covers the protected characteristic of Race. Race for the purpose of the Equality Act includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins.[1] Discrimination on the basis of caste is not yet included in the legislation. Although it is fully expected to be included in the future ... Read more

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Part-time Workers

Ellie Humphris — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:11:18 +0000

Employment Rights for Part-time Workers There has been a surge in part-time work over recent years. More than 6 million people are now part-time workers in the UK and as many as 47% of all females in employment are working part-time. Part-time workers have the right not to be treated less favourably than comparable full-time ... Read more

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