The Employment Rights Bill includes a proposed provision to ban the use of confidentiality clauses that prevent disclosures relating to workplace harassment and discrimination
The Government proposes to establish a single, consolidated enforcement body, the Fair Work Agency (FWA), to monitor and enforce core employment rights. The FWA is intended to create a more predictable, accessible and robust framework, addressing long-standing criticisms of fragmentation and inefficiency in the current system.
Will the introduction of third-party harassment liability for employers lead to pub-goers being banned from discussing contentious subjects over a pint? And do employers really have little to fear from the risk of a tribunal claim in terms of ultimate compensation awards? Stephen Simpson sets out to bust some employment law myths.
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.