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- Employment law guide
In the case of Good Law Project Limited v EHRC the High Court confirmed that the EHRC's interim guidance concerning single-sex spaces and the definition of "sex" is not unlawful, while in Hutchinson v County Durham, an employment tribunal found that allowing a trans woman to use female changing rooms in circumstances when other staff objected amounted to harassment and indirect sex discrimination.
It is important for HR to recognise that matters relating to gender identity and the use of single-sex facilities are sensitive. These situations must be managed thoughtfully to prevent discrimination and harassment claims.
See: Supporting non-binary and transgender employees: Supporting an employee who is transitioning
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
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- Date:
- 14 August 2025
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- News
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that an RAF sergeant can proceed with her claim for maternity discrimination after an important fitness test was cancelled because she was pregnant.
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- Employment law guide
Updated to include a reference to the protection from harassment measures in the Employment Rights Bill, published on 10 October 2024.
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- Employment law cases
We look at four employment law cases where the employee was successful and the tribunal ordered the employer to pay substantial compensation in three of them.
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- Date:
- 7 May 2024
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- Podcasts and webinars
A raft of employment law changes have come into effect over the past few months. In this edition of the podcast, Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discuss some developments that have perhaps received less attention than others: the changes to special redundancy protection for family-related leave that came into force on 6 April 2024.
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- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Regulations have been finalised.
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- Employment law cases
We look at four discrimination cases where an employment tribunal has ordered the employer to pay a large compensation award.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2022
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- Commentary and insights
As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.
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- Employment law cases
We look at five recent cases in which employers have been found to have discriminated against employees who were pregnant or on maternity leave.