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- Date:
- 9 April 2015
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Consultant editor Darren Newman considers a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision involving the concept of disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, when considered in relation to an individual with type 2 diabetes largely controlled by avoiding sugary drinks.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
James Buckley, Iain Naylor, Chris McAvoy and Lucy Sorell are associates and Mona Jackson is a trainee solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has controversially held that a claimant who controls his type 2 diabetes by avoiding sugary food and drinks is not disabled under the Equality Act 2010.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the duty to make reasonable adjustments was not triggered where the employee had given no indication that she would be fit to return to work.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
An employment tribunal has found that Greater Manchester Police indirectly discriminated against a single-parent police officer who worked term time only when it introduced a requirement that she work nine days during school holidays. The case is a stark reminder to public-sector organisations reviewing flexible working arrangements as a way to cut costs to beware of the potential for discrimination.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner, and Colin Makin and Krishna Santra are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Chandok and another v Tirkey [2015] IRLR 195 EAT, the EAT held that discrimination on the ground of caste is capable of falling within the meaning of race discrimination in s.9(1) of the Equality Act 2010.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In FOA, acting on behalf of Karsten Kaltoft v Billund Kommune [2015] IRLR 146 ECJ, the ECJ held that where "in interaction with various barriers" an obese worker's "full and effective participation in professional life on an equal basis" is hindered by a limitation that results "in particular from long-term physical, mental or psychological impairments" the worker's obesity will amount to a disability.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The employment tribunal in this case had the unusual task of deciding whether or not a female employee was sexually harassed when she witnessed her male line manager and another man re-enacting a scene from the film Ghost at an office party. While the tribunal found that this incident was not harassment under the Equality Act 2010, the employer was ordered to pay the claimant £2,000 for several other incidents that displayed her line manager's "predilection for innuendo", and to reimburse £1,200 in tribunal fees to the claimant.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld an employment tribunal decision that a requirement for older employees to accept less generous terms and conditions of employment, as a condition of their employment continuing, could be justified.