Religious Belief Discrimination Mrs. K Higgs vs Farmor’s School: Employer successfully defends Religious Belief Discrimination claim Mrs. K Higgs, employed in a school, was dismissed for having posted on her…
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Pregnancy Discrimination Ms K Wright vs Coupland Cavendish Ltd Ms K Wright was employed as an administrator and was dismissed after one week of employment because she suffered from pregnancy…
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended until the 30 April 2021. The scheme allows employers to furlough their staff for any amount of time and any work pattern. For example: An employee can be furloughed for 100%…
Disability Discrimination Record £4.7m to bank worker bullied over disability In Royal Bank of Scotland plc v AB a bank worker has been successful in bringing a disability discrimination claim…
Unfair Dismissal and Disability Miss S J Austin vs The Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust A hospital secretary has been found to have been unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on…
Disability Discrimination Miss C Robinson vs Mind Monmouthshire Ltd – Unfair dismissal for protected disclosures An Employment Tribunal found that Miss C Robinson had been unfairly dismissed for reporting colleagues…
The Government have proposed to introduce new rights for eligible employees to receive ‘Neonatal Leave’ and ‘Neonatal Pay’ to support families when a baby is born prematurely or sick and…
From 16 July 2020 it became immediately unlawful to transfer personal data outside of the EEA to the US by relying on a Privacy Shield as a guarantee of compliance…
This article aims to give you an update on the pandemic, symptoms, what to do and a refresher on workplace guidelines in relation to COVID-19. A new strain of COVID-19…
There is a new statutory code of practice called the ‘Data Sharing Code’ from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). It replaces the previous one and helps organisations to understand current…
