Employment Tribunals have alleged there were more than 100 neurodiversity discrimination claims in 2022 that cited dyslexia, autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, and Asperger’s. Neurodiversity describes the different ways people’s brains process information. Workplace disputes can arise when neurodivergent employees feel their performance or behaviour is being rated unfairly for reasons relating to their condition. If an [...]
Personality quizzes have been a thing for a while now and is a method used to evaluate someone’s personality which is usually grouped into: listener, mediator, thinker, defender, campaigner, or energizer. A new Paradox.ai personality test has gone viral recently because of its long and bizarre scenarios it interactively places job candidates in as a [...]
Kyle received some lovely feedback this week. H S said: “Thank you for providing a prompt and efficient service when I needed it. Kyle took the time to ensure I understood what I was being offered by my employer. He provided an assessment of terms vs. industry norms and respected my views of what to [...]
We've had some great feedback from one of Phil's clients this week: R H said: “PJH Law was recommended to me and now I would certainly recommend Philip to anyone. Communication was excellent. He was understanding, knowledgeable and professional, giving me the confidence to make the right decisions and get the right result during a [...]
Welcome back everyone and thank you for joining us for this week's case of the week. Before we begin, we would like to say thank you to everyone who has booked on to this year’s seminar. For those yet to book their place it will be on Tuesday 12 March and we'll be discussing all employment [...]
This week we ask the question - does not providing extra time in an interview for an employee with a stammer amount to disability discrimination? For those that missed our last update where we looked at a significant case on whether anti-Zionist beliefs amounted to a protected belief, you can catch up here. This week's [...]
University of Bristol v Professor David Millar Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. Last week we looked at a race discrimination claim in the case of Dr Nicholas Jones v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Those that missed it can find it here. This week we're looking [...]
Every April new employment law legislation comes into effect which all employers must comply with. This year sees some significant changes to many areas of HR including holiday pay calculation, harassment at work and flexible working requests. If you would be interested in learning more about these changes and what your company needs to do [...]
Welcome back to another case of the week. Last week our newsletter covered a professor who suffered victimisation, harassment and direct discrimination for expressing her views at a Women’s Place UK talk, mass redundancy at Port Talbot and DPD learning that it’s not just disgruntled employees that can be disloyal when its own AI chatbot stated [...]
Happy January all and welcome back to our monthly newsletter. We hope you are all recovering from the January blues as we get closer towards February. This month, we have a look into a recent successful claim of unfair dismissal due to the Claimant's gender critical views, the recently announced closure of a steelworks leading [...]
This month saw another claim in the rising number of unfair dismissal cases determined in favour of gender critical employees. Professor Jo Pheonix, a lesbian who set up the Gender Critical Research Network at the university was found to have suffered victimisation, harassment, and direct discrimination by the Employment Tribunal this month. A colleague of [...]
A forecast by the Department for Work and Pensions has estimated that an additional two million people will claim disability benefit due to their mental health this year compared to 2023. The forecast comes with an estimate that over £10 billion will need to be spent to keep up with the increasing demand by 2028. [...]
All things new in tech come with their upsides and downsides. Artificial intelligence, the new buzzword to be fitted to every car, gadget, and coffee mug in the not too distant future has been in the news this month for less than ideal reasons. Ashley Beauchamp experienced an interesting interaction with DPD, the parcel delivery [...]
Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. Last week we looked at a case that made the national news because of an offensive word being used during a racism awareness training session that resulted in dismissal. Those that missed it can find it here. This week we're looking at a disability [...]
