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Many of you may have read about the self-represented Claimant who was awarded £60,000 by an Employment Tribunal having been discriminated against following her maternity leave. Donna Patterson was a part-time buyer in the supermarket’s online business and was asked to return to a full time role once her maternity leave ended. Upon raising her [...]
When sex discrimination is mentioned, most people immediately think of the discriminating conduct being against a women. Statistically this is usually true as the majority of sex discrimination claims heard before the employment tribunal are brought by women. However, there can be instances when men can be discriminated against on the grounds of their sex […]
You may remember the PwC high heels scandal of 2016 where a female employee was sent home for failing to wear heels that were 2-4 inches high. Like any moment of national outrage, petitions were launched and a shift in attitude/law was expected. Dress Code Guidance Released Well, after hearing evidence from hundreds of women who have […]
A recent survey of over 1,000 business decision makers by the Equality and Human Rights Commission has found that a large proportion of employers hold antiquated views. Maternity and sex discrimination in the workplace: Nearly half of employers think it is acceptable to ask a female applicant if she has children during an interview (46%) […]
A report by the Women and Equalities Committee has found that Muslim women are three times less likely to be in work due to the perceived triple penalty of being a women, a Muslim and being BAME. Religion is believed to be the main cause due to a rise in Islamophobia in society as a whole. This […]
Perhaps another case of tabloid employment law, Marks v Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, saw the Claimant awarded over £830,000.00 in compensation. (The junior doctor’s contract will have to include Sundays to cover this loss!) Ms Marks, the Claimant, was Head of HR at the Respondent, whose chairman, Mr Baines, was a professional and personal […]
The EAT case of Ms Denise Simpson v Intralinks possibly stands as the first jurisdictional claim to be determined in respect of sex discrimination and/or equal pay where a choice of law clause exists in the contract. Ms Simpson’s contract of employment stated that applicable law would be German law and the place of jurisdiction […]
Unfortunately, race isn’t the only protected characteristic the Government have got into trouble over this month. Shahmir Sanni, a Leave campaign volunteer, disclosed information about how the Vote Leave campaign might have bypassed electoral law to fund the campaign. In response, Theresa May’s secretary, Stephen Parkinson, who had been involved in the Vote Leave campaign […]
Last year the EAT rejected a claim by Gary McFarlane that his dismissal from Relate Avon was unfair on grounds of his religion. Mr McFarlane was a Christian counsellor who was dismissed for refusing to work with gay couples. The case is today before the Court of Appeal who will decide whether to grant Mr […]
This month the government rejected a recommendation by the Women and Equalities Committee to include menopause as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. The reasons for this were that a women experiencing menopause could bring a claim under the protected characteristics of either age, sex or disability depending on the nature of how [...]
