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  • Date:
    31 July 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Menopause support in the police sector

    We look at how the menopause can affect women working in the police sector and some of the initiatives that are being taken to support them.

  • Date:
    26 June 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Police sector: Workplace culture and leadership style

    We look at how workplace culture and leadership style are evolving in a police service facing changing challenges.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Direct discrimination: Court of Appeal rules on perceived disability

    In Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey, the Court of Appeal upheld the tribunal decision that a police constabulary had directly discriminated against an officer because of its perception that her medical condition could develop into a disability in the future.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Holiday pay: Northern Ireland Court of Appeal refuses to limit claims for overtime non-payments

    In Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal refused to limit workers' historic claims for the unlawful exclusion of overtime from holiday pay calculations.

  • Date:
    25 June 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    No requirement to match enhanced maternity pay with enhanced shared parental leave pay

    Consultant editor Darren Newman examines the recent Court of Appeal decision that puts paid - for now at least - to the argument that employers that offer enhanced maternity pay must offer the equivalent for employees on shared parental leave.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Shared parental leave: No sex discrimination where employer fails to enhance pay

    In Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall, the Court of Appeal rejected sex discrimination claims brought by male staff against employers that enhance maternity pay but not shared parental pay.

  • Date:
    30 April 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Police recruitment: Challenges and initiatives

    We look at some of the initiatives that have been taken to boost recruitment in the police sector, and highlight what the police can learn from HM Prison and Probation Service's recruitment campaign.

  • Date:
    11 April 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Positive action in recruitment: Cost of getting it wrong

    While positive action in recruitment is laudable, and to be encouraged as a means of overcoming disadvantage and low participation, employers need to think very carefully about how they go about it, because if they make mistakes the cost may be high. Jason Braier explains why.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Positive action: Police force's recruitment process discriminated against white heterosexual man

    In Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, an employment tribunal held that a police force's recruitment process discriminated against a white heterosexual male candidate who was rejected after the positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010 were applied to a pool of 127 applicants who passed the interview stage.

  • Date:
    19 February 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Trauma and stress: Supporting workers' families

    We explore the potential impact of workers' exposure to traumatic events and other stressful environments on their families and look at some of the measures that employers can take to support those families.

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