POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 23 JUNE 2021 Why insisting on flexible hours could discriminate against women Two recent cases from the Employment Appeal Tribunal illustrate some potential pitfalls when women with childcare responsibilities are asked to move away from fixed working hours... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read Flexible and atypical working
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 21 JUNE 2021 “Gender critical” beliefs qualify for protection, subject to restrictions on their expression The Employment Appeal Tribunal has reversed the employment tribunal’s decision that Maya Forstater’s belief that “biological sex is real, important, immutable and not to be conflated with gender identity” did not qualify for protection under the Equality Act as a religious or philosophical belief... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY HATTI BRIGGS | 7 JUNE 2021 What has happened to the Employment Bill? The Government has now offered an explanation for the absence of an Employment Bill in the 2021 Queen’s Speech... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY CHARLES PIGOTT | 6 JUNE 2021 Offer of amends cannot cure fundamental breach The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that once an employer has committed a fundamental breach of contract, the employee does not have to accept an offer to make amends, but remains entitled to rely on the breach and bring a claim for constructive unfair dismissal... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
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