Equality, diversity and human rights

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  Employment law cases

  Case of the week: Equal pay after amalgamation of roles

  This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers disparities in pay after the amalgamation of senior and junior roles.

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  Employment law cases

  Dress and appearance: requirement for male firefighter to have short hair not direct sex discrimination

  The employer in this tribunal case successfully defended a man's sex discrimination claim over the common issue of its dress and appearance code applying different rules to men and women.

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  Tasks

  Check the requirements that an individual must meet to fall under the definition of disabled in the Equality Act 2010

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  Tasks

  Comply with the duty to make reasonable adjustments in relation to a disabled employee

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  Make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process in relation to a disabled job applicant

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  Tasks

  Establish a policy on requests for time off to observe religious holidays

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  Tasks

  Manage the situation where an employee is undergoing gender reassignment

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  Employment law cases

  Race discrimination: chef's caste discrimination claim "doomed to fail" under Equality Act 2010

  In this race discrimination case, the employment tribunal said that it could not interpret the Equality Act 2010 to cover caste discrimination when the claimant and alleged perpetrators are at different levels of the same caste.

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  Tasks

  Establish the basis on which assistance dogs can be brought into the workplace

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  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Colin Makin, Sandra Martins, Melissa Powys- Rodrigues and Linda Quinn are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.