Blog — 09 December 2016

Contact during maternity leave: what is ‘reasonable’?

An employee complaining about ‘unreasonable contact’ during maternity leave faces challenges in framing a legal claim. Nonetheless, it is important for employers to strike the right balance and ensure that…

Blog — 09 December 2016

When is a work Christmas party not a work Christmas party?  When it moves on to the local Hilton hotel bar to drink Boddingtons until 3 am, according to the High Court

In Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Limited a Director and Shareholder of an HGV driver recruitment business delivered two blows to one of his managers causing a permanent debilitating brain condition….

Blog — 09 December 2016

Gender Pay Gap Regulations: a small step towards closing the gender pay gap

After a long wait, the final version of the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 were published on 6 December 2016.

Blog — 02 December 2016

A direct casual link between disability and conduct to establish a claim for discrimination arising out of disability is not required

The appeal concerned whether the ET, in requiring there to be a direct connection established between disability and conduct which led to dismissal, had misinterpreted s15 Equality Act 2010 (EA),…

Blog — 01 December 2016

Fired up and ready to go – the People’s Challenge legal team prepares to defend fundamental citizenship rights with four centuries of legal precedent

Yesterday this firm filed the 20 comb-bound copies of the People’s Challenge ‘Written Case’ required by the Supreme Court for next week’s hearing of the Article 50 appeal which will…

Blog — 18 November 2016

Tribunal needs to consider subconscious motivation for possible discriminatory acts

EAT finds that ET had erred in failing to consider whether an employer had subconsciously discriminated against the appellant. The ET’s conclusion that the respondent’s witnesses held a genuine belief…