Employers cannot discriminate on the basis of the ‘protected characteristics’ specified in the Equality Act 2010. These protected characteristics are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage
Do you know the process to follow to get an employee’s medical report? Do you know what to do if the employee doesn’t give consent?
In a recent case of Grange v Abellio London Limited, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) was asked to make a ruling on whether an employer
Blog Handling grievances in a quick and efficient manner can be extremely beneficial to an employer – you can maintain good employment relationships, prevent small
An Employment Tribunal in Scotland has found against an employer who paid mothers and fathers different rates when on shared parental leave. In the case,
Women are feeling under pressure from their employers to wear heels, provocative tops, tights skirts and apply more makeup to look sexy at work.
Workers have a statutory right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings, so long as the companion is a fellow worker, trade union representative
Under the Equality Act 2010, if a worker alleges that they have been treated less favourably because of a protected characteristic, for example sex, and
In this case Miss Tunstall was Polish and worked as a paralegal for Quality Solicitors. She overheard a colleague saying to a client that “She
