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Dismissing employees for ‘offensive’ beliefs | What can we learn from the Forstater decision?

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BLOG Written by Lesley Rennie on 19 July 2022 The controversial Forstater case came to a climax this month (subject to a hearing to decide

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BLOG Written by Lesley Rennie on 13 April 2022 The war in Ukraine, and the daily news reports of fatalities, continues to spark conversation in

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BLOG Written on 1 April 2022 We all like to have fun with our colleagues, and many of us will have pulled – or been

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BLOG Written by James Tamm on 26 January 2022 Compulsory vaccination is a contentious issue – both from a moral and legal standpoint – eliciting strong opinions

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Making vaccination mandatory | Breaking down the legal position

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