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Unhappy birthday | Employee brings age discrimination claim over โ€œhumiliatingโ€ 50th remark

16th January 2020 No Comments

Age discrimination in the workplace is a very real and heavily ingrained issue. From bias during the recruitment process to being denied training and development

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New Employment Bill | What does the new decade have in store for employment law?

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The Conservative Party made a number of ambitious employment-related pledges in their election manifesto, but now that they hold a comfortable majority, what โ€œradicalโ€ changes

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Philosophical belief discrimination? | Employee dismissed over transphobic views

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In the era of social justice, issues of gender identity stir up heated debate between those pushing for greater acceptance and those refusing to budge

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Freedom of expression | Does dismissal over personal blog posts violate employeesโ€™ rights?

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TUPE transfer revelation | Do the regulations apply to workers as well as employees?

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BLOG With โ€˜employmentโ€™ literally in the title, it has long been understood that the TUPE regulations exist to protect employees when a company changes hands. However, in

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Whistleblowing | Is dismissal automatically unfair if the real reason was concealed from the decision maker?

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When making the decision to dismiss, itโ€™s important to have all the facts. But what happens if a manager deliberately creates a false narrative around

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Use it or lose it? | New rules on carrying over annual leave lost to long-term sickness absence

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With 2019 almost over and many employers approaching a new annual leave period, if you have staff off on long-term sick with annual leave left

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Working Time Regulations | Employee dismissed for refusing to relinquish rest break

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The Working Time Regulations (WTR) 1998 set out a number of provisions regarding the rest periods workers are entitled to โ€“ but what happens if

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Third-party harassment | Tribunal rules cases must relate to a protected characteristic

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BLOG Under the Equality Act (EqA) 2010, employers may be held vicariously liable for acts of harassment committed by one employee against another โ€“ but

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