Equality, diversity and human rights

New and updated

• Date:

  26 July 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  10 ways of improving employee inclusion at your organisation

  Inclusion is essential for high performance but too many organisations only pay it lip service, writes Lee Russell of learning consultancy OnTrack. But there are 10 steps companies can take improve inclusion, and thus productivity.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  EAT considers if belief in right of creative ownership is a philosophical belief

  In Gray v Mulberry Company (Design) Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a tribunal had been entitled to conclude, on the particular facts, that a belief in the importance of copyright ownership lacked sufficient cogency to qualify as a philosophical belief.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Court of Appeal rules on employer liability for third-party harassment

  In Unite the Union v Nailard, the Court of Appeal held that the union was liable for the acts of its lay officials because they were acting as its agents, but that the union was not liable for failures by its employed union officials to prevent discrimination by third-party lay officials.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Dismissal after menopausal symptoms resulted in medication mix-up

  In Davies v Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, an employment tribunal upheld the unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claims of a court officer whose menopausal symptoms led to an incident in which she thought her medication had contaminated a water jug.

• Date:

  25 May 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Successful "discrimination arising from disability" claim in respect of fair dismissal

  Consultant editor Darren Newman explains how the difference between the test of reasonableness in relation to unfair dismissal and the test for justification in relation to "discrimination arising from disability" led to an interesting - and important - Court of Appeal decision.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Court of Appeal clarifies approach to discrimination arising from disability

  In City of York Council v Grosset, the Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of a teacher for showing an 18-rated film to his pupils amounted to discrimination arising from his disability, even though the school had not been aware that the teacher's conduct was linked to his disability.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  EAT confirms importance of "context" in harassment cases

  In Bakkali v Greater Manchester Buses (South) Ltd t/a Stage Coach Manchester, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that asking a Muslim employee whether or not he supported IS did not amount to harassment because, given the context, the offending comment was not "related to" his religious belief or race.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) monitoring form

  A model form to gather personal information about individual job applicants to ensure that the recruitment process is being carried out fairly and without discrimination.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Tailored reasonable adjustments plan for disabled employee

  A model tailored reasonable adjustment plan for an employee with a disability.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Supporting employees with HIV and AIDS policy

  A model policy on employees with HIV and AIDS, which includes recruitment and selection, HIV testing, disclosure and confidentiality, the management of employees affected by HIV and AIDS, and first aid and health and safety procedures.