This case is an example of an employer committing associative disability discrimination. The employer discriminated against an employee who required time off because her husband was seriously ill.
In this case, the claimant unsuccessfully argued that he was forced to resign because of his association with a disabled person, namely his father who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
In DLA Piper's case of the week, Foster v Cardiff University, the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered the issue of reasonable adjustments for an academic with chronic fatigue syndrome and how stress and anxiety affect that condition.
In this case, the employer victimised an employee after it found out that she was pursuing tribunal claims against her former employer, showing the wide protection that the Equality Act 2010 gives against victimisation.
This employment tribunal found that the Equality Act 2010 does not protect a claimant who believes that "the Jewish religion's professed belief in Jews being 'God's chosen people' is at odds with a meritocratic and multicultural society".
David Malamatenios is a partner, and Colin Makin, Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues are solicitors at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
The Supreme Court has held that the fact that the work of the claimants' chosen comparators has to be carried on in a different place of work out of necessity is no barrier to bringing an equal pay claim.