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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Adenusi v London Underground Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the employee's dismissal for sexual harassment was unfair because the employer did not carry out a reasonable investigation.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In NH v Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI, the European Court of Justice held that a senior lawyer's comments on a radio programme that he would not wish to recruit homosexual people fell within the scope of the Equal Treatment Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) even though his firm was not recruiting, or planning to recruit, at the time.
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- Date:
- 5 May 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
With social distancing guidelines and the increase in remote working due to the coronavirus, employers have been forced to rethink how they recruit and select staff. Graham Brown reports on the rise of video interviews and remote onboarding of new starters.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Rakova v London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer's failure to provide a disabled employee with software updates may amount to a breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Allen v Paradigm Precision Burnley Ltd and another, an employment tribunal found that homophobic comments made by colleagues to to a gay employee amounted to sexual orientation harassment.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Munro v Sampson Coward LLP, the employment tribunal held that an employer's act of sending a birthday card to an employee was "an act of kindness" and not an act of discrimination.
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- Date:
- 10 March 2020
- Type:
- Case studies
The Metropolitan Police Service talks to XpertHR about its women returner programme, which is encouraging female police officers to return to the force after a career break.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Kirk v Citibank NA and others, an employment tribunal held that a senior banker who was dismissed following a redundancy process was subjected to direct age discrimination and unfairly dismissed.
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- Date:
- 3 February 2020
- Type:
- 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.