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- Date:
- 23 June 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Date:
- 23 May 2025
- Type:
- News
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The rates of statutory redundancy pay and employment tribunal award limits increase.
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- Date:
- 29 November 2024
- Type:
- News
An amendment paper on the Employment Rights Bill has been published by the House of Commons, including a new clause extending the limitation for bringing a tribunal claim from three months to six.
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- Date:
- 21 November 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson analyse the key proposals in the Bill and offer advice on how HR can begin to prepare for the changes.
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- Date:
- 20 November 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson answer questions on different aspects of the Bill, from the timeline for the measures coming into effect to the nuances of the proposed unfair dismissal and fire and rehire changes.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
The Ministry of Justice's tribunals statistics set out the amount of compensation awarded for age discrimination, disability discrimination, religion or belief discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination, race discrimination, sex discrimination and unfair dismissal in 2023/2024.
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- Type:
- FAQs
Updated to reflect the latest employment tribunal statistics.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three employment law cases where the employment tribunal upheld the employee's sexual harassment claim and awarded compensation.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at four employment law cases where the employee was successful and the tribunal ordered the employer to pay substantial compensation in three of them.