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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We round up four recent employment tribunal decisions where employers' actions have resulted in pregnancy and maternity discrimination claims and provide practical tips on how to reduce the risks of similar claims.
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- Date:
- 4 October 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
What does non-binary mean? The term, which has been more widely used in recent years, is used to refer to the identity of individuals whose gender identity falls outside the socially normalised male/female gender binary. This identity is often misunderstood. Georgie Williams explains what it means to describe oneself as non-binary, and the changes that employers can implement to accommodate this variation from the socially encouraged gender binary.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Thompson v Scancrown Ltd (t/a as Manors), the employment tribunal awarded £184,961 for indirect sex discrimination to an estate agent who resigned following the mishandling of her request for flexible working on her return from maternity leave.
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- Date:
- 16 September 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
While not formally recognised as a disability, the effect long COVID may have on a person's ability to work may mean it should be considered as such. Hollie Ryan, senior associate at Stevens & Bolton LLP, looks at the support employers may need to offer staff with persistent symptoms to avoid legal claims.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Follows v Nationwide Building Society, the employment tribunal held that requiring the senior manager, who is the primary carer for her disabled mother, to be office based amounted to indirect disability discrimination by association.
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- Date:
- 12 September 2021
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
We round up some of our most popular podcasts published this year.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to include a reference to Masiero and others v Barchester Healthcare Ltd, in which the EAT held that the dismissal of employees who had refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was not incompatible with their art.8 rights.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at four recent tribunal decisions where employers were found to have breached the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers under the Equality Act 2010.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Bayfield and another v Wunderman Thompson (UK) Ltd and others, an employment tribunal upheld the sex discrimination and unfair dismissal claims of two male directors who were dismissed after the advertising agency vowed to "obliterate" its reputation as a "Knightsbridge boys club".
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- Date:
- 27 July 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
In his second article on unconscious bias training, Gareth Buchanan sets out the practical steps that you can take to make your unconscious bias training a success and to maximise the impact it has on your organisation's diversity and inclusion strategy.