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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Miller v University of Bristol ET/1400780/22, the employment tribunal held that the professor's anti-Zionist beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010, and that his summary dismissal was an act of direct philosophical belief discrimination and unfair.
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- Date:
- 13 June 2022
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- Podcasts and webinars
Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, discusses the legal and best practice issues for employers in relation to the remote monitoring and surveillance of homeworkers.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to include a reference to Masiero and others v Barchester Healthcare Ltd, in which the EAT held that the dismissal of employees who had refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was not incompatible with their art.8 rights.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Forstater v CGD Europe and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the consultant's belief that sex is biologically immutable amounts to a philosophical belief within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Herbai v Hungary, the European Court of Human Rights held that a worker's right to freedom of expression was violated when the employer dismissed him due to his involvement with a website devoted to HR issues.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Gilham v Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court unanimously held that whistleblowing protection extends to judicial officeholders.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In López Ribalda and others v Spain, the European Court of Human Rights held that Spanish shop workers' right to privacy was not violated when a supermarket secretly installed hidden cameras to monitor employee thefts.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Kuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, the Court of Appeal held that the NHS trust fairly dismissed a Christian nurse for initiating inappropriate conversations about religion with patients in breach of a lawful management instruction.
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- Employment law cases
In R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and other appeals, the Supreme Court held that the criminal record checks rule requiring disclosure where a person has more than one conviction, regardless of the circumstances of the offences, is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Employment law cases
In Lee v Ashers Baking Co Ltd and others, the Supreme Court held that a Christian bakery did not commit direct sexual orientation discrimination in the provision of goods and services when it refused to fulfil a cake order with a message in support of same-sex marriage.