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- 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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- 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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- 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
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 17 January 2020
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- 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.