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  • Woman awarded £20k for hotel's indirect sex discrimination

    Date:
    6 August 2026

    A receptionist and mother has been awarded £20,500 for her case of sex discrimination against a Northern Ireland hotel.

  • Acas seeks views on new disciplinary and grievance code

    Date:
    31 July 2026

    Acas has launched a consultation into its code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures. The conciliation service hopes that an updated code will help employers handle disputes at work in a fairer and more transparent way.

  • HMRC trainee awarded £155k after staff 'colluded' against him

    Date:
    29 July 2026

    A trainee investigator for HM Revenue and Customs has been awarded £155,000 for victimisation, failure to make reasonable adjustments and disability-related harassment.

  • Revoking job offer after cancer diagnosis was discrimination

    Date:
    22 July 2026

    A care worker whose job offer was revoked after revealing she had breast cancer has won £17,000 in a disability discrimination claim.

  • Consultation launched on equal pay reform

    Date:
    15 July 2026

    The government has launched a 15-week consultation to gather views on its next steps around equal pay reform. In particular, the Office for Equality and Opportunity (OEO) has said it is seeking views on the Government's approach to make the right to equal pay more effective for ethnic minority and disabled people.

  • NMC drops case against nurse in pronouns dispute

    Date:
    7 July 2026

    The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has dropped its case against Jennifer Melle, the nurse suspended for talking to the media about how her NHS trust treated her after she misgendered a trans patient. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust confidentially settled its high-profile tribunal case with Melle in April, just before an employment tribunal case was to be heard.

  • Employers brace for extreme temperatures this week

    Date:
    24 June 2026

    Employers are preparing for a four-day extreme heat warning across much of the UK this week, as temperatures could soar to up to 40°C. The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning - the highest level of alert - for parts of southern England and Wales as temperatures rise to record levels.

  • What would Andy Burnham as PM mean for employers?

    Date:
    23 June 2026

    After Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as Labour Party leader, and an expectation that Andy Burnham will be prime minister within weeks, what would a government led by the former mayor of Manchester mean for employers? With Wes Streeting now backing Andy Burnham, and only a slim possibility that any other Labour MP would garner the backing of 81 colleagues to challenge him, the "King of the North" could be in Number 10 by 17 July.

  • Disabled NHS worker loses tribunal claim over 'chauffeur' comment

    Date:
    18 June 2026

    A disabled NHS worker has lost tribunal claims for harassment and discrimination after her manager joked she would have her own 'chauffeur' due to her disability travel grant.

  • HR unclear what Fair Work Agency is all about - poll

    Date:
    9 June 2026

    Nine out of 10 HR professionals (92%) say they have had no contact with the new Fair Work Agency and 40% are unaware of its remit and what it is supposed to be doing, research has argued. The poll of 140 senior HR professionals by Occupational Health Assessment Limited found a worrying lack of awareness and understanding of the agency, the new workplace watchdog launched in the wake of the Employment Rights Act.

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