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- Date:
- 3 February 2020
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- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.
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- Type:
- How to
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.
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- Date:
- 17 January 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.
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- Date:
- 7 January 2020
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
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.
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- Date:
- 17 December 2019
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
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.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
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.
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- Date:
- 4 December 2019
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
In this webinar, Sanjay Sood-Smith, executive director at Stonewall, shares his experience and top tips for embracing and embedding an LGBT-inclusive workplace