Equality, diversity and human rights
Next has won a "landmark" legal victory in its long-running equal pay case after the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) said it was "not necessary" for it to justify not increasing mostly female retail workers' pay to the same level as warehouse workers who are predominantly men. The appeal judgment backed Next's position that it should not have to pay shop assistants and warehouse operatives the same amount of basic pay, where market and working conditions are very different.
Employers should review their workplace policies as discreet smart glasses create fresh legal risks around data protection, confidentiality, privacy and workplace harassment.
A receptionist and mother has been awarded £20,500 for her case of sex discrimination against a Northern Ireland hotel.
A trainee investigator for HM Revenue and Customs has been awarded £155,000 for victimisation, failure to make reasonable adjustments and disability-related harassment.
A care worker whose job offer was revoked after revealing she had breast cancer has won £17,000 in a disability discrimination claim.
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.
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.
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.
The Government has laid the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations before Parliament. Having received ministerial approval, Parliament now has 40 days to scrutinise the code. If it does not reject it, the Government will set a date for it to come into force.
Lawyers representing Tesco workers have welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling on how tribunals should assess the value of the roles carried out by Tesco shop workers in the long-running equal pay litigation.
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