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Reasonable adjustments and pay protection
What amounts to a 'reasonable adjustment' for a disabled person at work has been fertile ground for litigation over recent years and the latest decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has potentially created even greater uncertainty, in particular in respect of whether or not an employee's pay should be protected where, for example, they have been offered a lower paid role by way of a reasonable adjustment.
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Will companies be allowed to ban headscarves – and if so should they?
Advocate General Kokott has given her opinion on whether a company's ban on employees wearing religious, political or philosophical symbols ("Symbols") while working was direct discrimination, in Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions NV.
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Three quarters of mothers experience discrimination: Government responds
The Government has now responded to the recommendations of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage in the workplace (the "Response" ).
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"You fat b@57@rd" – disability harassment claim upheld
Following on from the much publicised decision of the European Court of Justice finding in Kaltoft v Municipality of Billund, just before Christmas, that obesity could be a disability where it
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Asking and responding to questions of discrimination
Currently, an individual who thinks they might have been discriminated against by their employer or prospective employer may submit questions to their employer to help determine whether they have a
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White men face jobs ban as new law favours ethnic minorities and women
Some of you may recall this headline in the Daily Express on 26 June 2008 as the debate raged about the then Equalities Minister, Harriet Harman's, proposals to change the law relating to positive
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Third Party Harassment Protection - Repealed
It has been confirmed today that the provisions in the Equality Act 2010 which make employers liable for the harassment of their employees by third parties over whom they may not have direct control,
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Don't throw the apprenticeships out with the bath water!
Last week the Government published its draft deregulation bill with Ken Clarke announcing that:"I am as strongly in favour of sensible regulation as the next man, but only where it is necessary to
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Equal pay audits: a further consultation
Last week the Government announced a further consultation on equal pay audits. This followed an earlier consultation in the Summer of 2012 and recent changes made to the Equality Act 2010. Broadly,
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Sexual harassment in the fashion industry
Is the fashion industry exposing itself to litigation risk because of how it treats models? British Vogue has become the first fashion publisher to sign up to a code of conduct for the treatment of