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Equality, diversity and human rights

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  • Date:
    28 October 2021
    Type:
    Case studies

    How LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group has prioritised and progressed its diversity work

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group (RSG) talks to XpertHR about how the business has made diversity and inclusion a priority over the past four years, the challenges it faced along the way and the progress it has made.

  • Date:
    19 October 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Diversity and inclusion questions we shy away from asking

    Most people want to say and do the right thing when it comes to diversity and inclusion but often hold back from asking questions out of a fear of being judged. We put some of those often unasked, and sometimes provocative, questions to Joy Stephens, a US-based diversity, equality and inclusion consultant.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Definition of disability: EAT considers menopausal symptoms

    In Rooney v Leicester City Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the tribunal erred in holding that an employee with menopausal symptoms was not disabled.

  • Date:
    7 October 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Disability inclusion at work - the why and the how

    Karen Jackson, founder-director of Didlaw, and Jen Rooney, workplace wellbeing and disability inclusion specialist, discuss how organisations can advance disability inclusion in their workplace.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sex discrimination: Refusal of flexible working request results in £38,742 award

    In Daly v BA Cityflyer Ltd, the employment tribunal awarded £38,742 for indirect sex discrimination to an in-flight business manager whose request for flexible working on her return from maternity leave was refused.

  • Date:
    5 October 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Flexible working requests - the fundamentals and the future

    Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, guides you through the fundamentals of handling flexible working requests and discusses the future of flexible working in the post-pandemic workplace.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Pregnancy and maternity discrimination: Employment tribunal round-up

    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.

  • Date:
    4 October 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Understanding and accommodating non-binary identities within the workplace

    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.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sex discrimination: Mishandling of flexible working request leads to £184,961 award

    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.

  • Date:
    16 September 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Could long COVID meet the definition of disability?

    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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