In Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) remitted to a fresh tribunal the issue of whether or not a police force's policy of giving a period of full pay to mothers on maternity leave, but paying only statutory shared parental pay to partners, is indirectly discriminatory.
In Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the failure to pay a father shared parental pay at the same rate as an employee on maternity leave is not sex discrimination.
In Air Products plc v Cockram, the Court of Appeal held that the employment tribunal was correct to find that a rule in a long-term incentive share plan that employees whose employment terminates before they are 55 forfeit all unvested awards under the plan is justified.
In Lofty v Hamis t/a First Cafe, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, when determining whether or not a condition amounts to a disability under the Equality Act 2010, there is no distinction between different cancerous conditions or different stages of cancer.
Practical guidance on dealing with an employee who is undergoing IVF treatment, including protection from discrimination during fertility treatment and time off for antenatal care.