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  • 23 September 2020
  • Employment

What does the Government’s U-turn on office workers really mean for employers?

Yesterday, in a statement to the nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced several new restrictions to try to halt the increasing coronavirus infection numbers. One of the announcements was directed at office workers, who were asked to work from home where possible.
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  • 18 September 2020
  • Employment

BBC fails to reach gender parity target

After 3 years of pay scandals, numerous equal pay claims and increases to the salaries of 700 female staff, the BBC has still failed to close its gender pay gap.

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  • 18 September 2020
  • Employment

A step in the right direction for gender fluidity in landmark discrimination case

Non-binary engineer, Rose Taylor had been subjected to bullying and harassment at the hands of work colleagues and faced a lack of support from management at Jaguar Land Rover.Taylor brought claims in the Employment Tribunal for harassment, direct discrimination and victimisation on the grounds of gender re-assignment.

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  • 17 September 2020
  • Employment

State pension age increase not indirect discrimination

The Court of Appeal (“CoA”) has confirmed that the decision to raise the state pension age for women, to match that of men, does not amount to unlawful discrimination, under either EU law or the Human Rights Convention.
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  • 09 September 2020
  • Employment

Redundancy – reasonableness is judged on whether dismissal could be avoided

In the recent case of Aramark (UK) Limited v Fernades, the EAT held that it was not unreasonable for an employer to decide not to include the Claimant on a list of bank workers in a redundancy situation.

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  • 03 September 2020
  • Employment

Re-Engagement may not be suitable if employer has lost trust in employee’s abilities

In the case of Kelly v PGA, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was wrong to make an order of re-engagement as the employer had lost trust and confidence in an employee’s ability to carry out his role, and this belief was rationally held.
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  • 28 August 2020
  • Employment

Decision to suspend employee was “overly hasty”

In Stothard v Durham University, the Claimant was suspended following media

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  • 26 August 2020
  • Employment

HMRC contacting employers who may have misused the CJRS Scheme

It has been reported that from 20 August the HMRC has been issuing weekly letters to employers who it believes may have mistakenly claimed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

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  • 21 August 2020
  • Employment

Unusual circumstances allow a dismissal with no procedure

In Gallacher v Abellio Scotrail, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, in rare circumstances, an employee can be fairly dismissed without any procedure, including the absence of an appeal.

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