Sex discrimination: Failure to notify employee on maternity leave of job vacancy was not sex discrimination
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Johal v Equality and Human Rights Commission EAT/0541/09 (1 other report)
In Johal v Equality and Human Rights Commission EAT/0541/09, the EAT held that the employer's failure to inform an employee on maternity leave of a job vacancy was not an act of sex discrimination.
Key points
- An employee did not suffer unlawful sex discrimination when her employer failed to notify her of an internal job vacancy while she was on maternity leave.