POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 EAT rules on justifying compulsory retirement for Oxford’s academic staff The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld two separate employment tribunal decisions about Oxford University’s compulsory retirement age for academic staff, even though they reached opposite conclusions on whether or not it was justified... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read Discrimination and equal pay
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 27 SEPTEMBER 2021 Tribunal opens up possibility of new rights for carers of disabled adults An employment tribunal has upheld a claim for indirect disability discrimination brought by a worker caring for a disabled adult... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 24 SEPTEMBER 2021 Government launches consultation on making flexible working “the default” Yesterday’s consultation on flexible working explores five ways current legislation could be changed to support “genuine two sided flexibility”. It also sets out the Government’s other plans for making flexible working “part of the workplace DNA”... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 1 SEPTEMBER 2021 Dismissal can be fair despite absence of appeal In a case with highly unusual facts, the EAT has upheld a tribunal’s ruling that the dismissal of an employee director had been fair, despite the failure to provide him with an opportunity to appeal... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 24 AUGUST 2021 Auxiliary aids and reasonable adjustments: a reminder According to a recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the third requirement (relating to auxiliary aids) compromised in the duty to make reasonable adjustments can often be overlooked... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 23 AUGUST 2021 Furloughing options a relevant factor when assessing reasonableness of dismissal Two recent employment tribunal decisions have shed light on the way employers are expected to approach redundancy dismissals during the currency of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 4 AUGUST 2021 Four unanswered questions about vaccination and care homes Operational guidance for the vaccination of people working or deployed in care homes was published on 4 August... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY LINDSEY HILL | 27 JULY 2021 ACAS launches hybrid working guidance ACAS recently published practical guidance for employers on hybrid working... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 25 JULY 2021 Government to introduce new duty to prevent harassment in the workplace Last week the Government published its response to the 2019 consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 21 JULY 2021 ECJ delivers new ruling on headscarves in the workplace The European Court of Justice has returned to the issue of when an employer’s instruction to remove a headscarf is discriminatory because of religion or belief... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
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