-
- Date:
- 25 May 2021
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Dee Caunt, chief executive at the Dyslexia Association, shares her thoughts on how organisations can support neurodiverse employees and benefit from their unique strengths.
-
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Price v Powys County Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employment tribunal was entitled to reject a male employee's sex discrimination claim against an employer that enhances adoption pay but not shared parental pay.
-
- Date:
- 8 April 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
By failing to recognise how the lived experiences of people with common characteristics can differ, organisations will undermine well-intentioned efforts to improve inclusion. Bianca Moodie and Stuart Affleck outline what intersectionality means and how it can be incorporated into an organisation's D&I strategy.
-
- Date:
- 30 March 2021
- Type:
- Case studies
Auto Trader talks to XpertHR about how it developed its employee networks and overcame the obstacles it encountered along the way.
-
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley and others, the Supreme Court has confirmed that workers in Asda supermarkets are entitled to compare their pay with the pay of depot workers.
-
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Page v NHS Trust Authority, the Court of Appeal held that the reason for disciplinary action and "termination" of office was because the director, a "devout" Christian, had expressed his views on homosexuality and same-sex adoption in the media, not because he held those views.
-
- Date:
- 9 March 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
While continuing to deal with the impact of coronavirus, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the usual raft of April employment law changes. In April 2021, these changes include the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector, a tweak to the national minimum wage age bands, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and statutory maternity pay.
-
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer's diversity training was not sufficient to amount to a "reasonable steps" defence in a claim of racial harassment committed by one of its employees.
-
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Cumming v British Airways plc, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that, when deciding if the employer's policy on childcare was indirectly discriminatory, the correct pool for comparison should include only employees with childcare responsibilities.
-
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Grant v Hunter Price International Ltd and another, an employment tribunal refused to reduce the claimant's award of £73,853 for pregnancy discrimination and constructive dismissal for covertly recording meetings during a discriminatory disciplinary procedure.