According to Acas, age discrimination is one of the most common forms of unfair treatment in the workplace. Treating someone unfairly at work because of their age is against the…
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Employment Appeal Tribunal Case: Evans v Xactly Corporation Ltd UKEATPA Category: Disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation In this employment appeal tribunal case the employee was disabled and was dismissed for…
People involved in the recruitment process should possess a working knowledge of the legal basics. There are also several common areas where employers can often inadvertently, fall foul during recruitment…
GDPR and discrimination In this HR article, we provide some guidance to help make recruitment practices safer and to improve legal compliance. Questions around how employment law affects recruitment and…
An employment tribunal has heard that a BP surveyor lost her job because her sense of humour wasn’t considered a female asset. At the time, Kathryn Buttle was the only…
In the future, employers may no longer know if an individual has a criminal record. This follows a recommendation from an independent review of how the criminal justice system treats…
A court has ordered BAE systems to pay out £360,000 to a secretary after a manager told her that women are more emotional about things than men. A tribunal…
The BBC finds itself accused of discrimination, following the recent publication of its top earners salaries. The publication revealed a significant gender pay gap across that level within the organisation….
Thousands of female Glasgow City Council employees will share a pay out of up to £50million. The Court of Session determined that the women had missed out on large bonuses…
The European Court of Justice has ruled that an employee dismissed for wearing a headscarf did not suffer direct discrimination. The female Muslim employee had worked for G4S Secure Solutions….
