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Equality, diversity and human rights

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  • Date:
    3 February 2020
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Religion or belief discrimination: Are beliefs on veganism and gender transition protected?

    Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at the criteria applied by employment tribunals in recent cases to determine the sort of philosophical beliefs that should be protected by the Equality Act 2010.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Religion or belief discrimination: Veganism is a philosophical belief, rules tribunal

    In Casamitjana v The League Against Cruel Sports, an employment tribunal held that ethical veganism is capable of being a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sex discrimination: Non-payment of allowance during maternity leave was discriminatory

    In Commissioner of the City of London Police v Geldart, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a failure to pay a London allowance to a police officer on maternity leave constituted direct sex discrimination and no comparator was required.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to support employees experiencing the menopause

    Practical guidance on supporting employees experiencing the menopause, including how symptoms can affect employees at work, managing absence and performance issues and ensuring that working conditions do not exacerbate menopausal symptoms.

  • Date:
    17 January 2020
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Equality Act 2010: Which non-religious beliefs are protected?

    Ethical veganism, democratic socialism, humanism and a refusal to lie to customers are among the eclectic list of beliefs that have come before courts and tribunals as potential "philosophical beliefs" under equality legislation. We round up which non-religious beliefs have been found to be protected under the Equality Act 2010.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Equal pay: Tribunal rules on BBC presenter's claim

    In Ahmed v BBC, an employment tribunal upheld the presenter's equal pay claim because her work on Newswatch was like her comparator's work on Points of View, and the BBC had not shown that the difference in pay was due to a non-discriminatory material factor.

  • Date:
    7 January 2020
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Equal pay

    Catriona Aldridge, senior associate at law firm CMS, joins us to discuss the legal and practical issues that employers need to think about in relation to equal pay.

  • Date:
    17 December 2019
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers

    How far should employers go in meeting their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers? Drawing on examples from case law, we discuss some key dos and don'ts when making reasonable adjustments.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Right to work: Employer wrong to rely on checking service

    In Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer should not have relied solely on negative Home Office checks when it dismissed the employee for failing to provide right to work documentation.

  • Date:
    4 December 2019
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: LGBT-inclusive workplace - practical strategies from Stonewall

    In this webinar, Sanjay Sood-Smith, executive director at Stonewall, shares his experience and top tips for embracing and embedding an LGBT-inclusive workplace

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