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- Date:
- 15 August 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
XpertHR principal employment law editor Stephen Simpson argues that the blithe devaluing of equality, diversity and inclusion training by senior government figures fails to take account of the practical and legal benefits that such training brings for employers, especially if they are facing an employment tribunal.
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- Date:
- 15 August 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer can escape liability for acts of discrimination committed by its staff where it has taken "all reasonable steps" to prevent the discrimination. What steps should employers take to reduce the risk of liability for bullying and harassment committed by their workforce in the course of employment?
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
Enhanced with a new version of the model policy, with the example wording reflecting an organisation's commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion at work, including how this commitment is put into practice.
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- Date:
- 10 August 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Two recent high-profile rulings have something important to say about direct religion or belief discrimination. However, both deal with a controversial topic - how an employer should deal with an employee who does not accept its approach to trans rights - so it is easy to miss that lying behind the controversy an important legal principle is being fought over, says consultant editor Darren Newman.
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- Date:
- 29 July 2022
- Type:
- News
There's no sign of mandatory disability employment reporting yet, but organisations may benefit from collecting workforce disability data to better understand the needs of staff, writes Katharine Moxham.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
A guide that explains the main stages of the journey through which employers progress as their approach to equality, diversity and inclusion matures.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Leading practice guide considering the principles that underpin an inclusive workplace in respect of religion and belief.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model policy to set out the rights of staff affected by menstrual symptoms and explain the support available to them.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Reilly v RT Management Bridgeton Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a line manager's failure to address an employee's request to have a sanitary waste disposal bin placed in the staff toilet because she was "the only female of menstruating age who used the toilet" constituted sex discrimination.
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- Date:
- 12 July 2022
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Bev Thorogood, menopause specialist trainer and coach, joins us to discuss how you can create and cultivate a workplace that is supportive of people experiencing the menopause transition.