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The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case of Croft Vets v Butcher has given rise to the possibility that employers may be required to pay for psychiatric treatment or counselling for their depressed employees. The appeal in Croft centred around an employee who had taken time off work because she was suffering from work-related stress and … Read more
Equal Pay Legislation has been around for 40 years and yet there still appears to be a significant gender pay gap. When taking into account the average hourly earnings of full and part-time workers, women earn nearly 20% less than men.[1] Commentators ascribe many reasons for this gap including the preponderance of women in part-time … Read more
Employment law experts are now debating the long-term importance of a Supreme Court ruling relating to a discriminatory equal pay issue. Birmingham City Council was appealing against a decision which said that women previously employed by the council could make an equal pay claim in relation to bonuses awarded to male employees. Equal pay claims … Read more