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  • Employment
  • 12 October 2020

School worker’s LGBTQ+ related social media activity justifies dismissal

A teacher who brought discrimination and harassment claims against her ex-employer has had her case rejected by the Bristol Employment Tribunal. Kristie Higgs, a Christian who worked at Farmor’s School as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager, argued that the school had dismissed her because of her religious beliefs.
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  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • 09 October 2020

What can be done to challenge your service charges?

As businesses increasingly look to cutting their costs in order to make up for losses suffered during the pandemic, careful scrutiny of service charges bills is more important than ever, especially for tenants occupying multi-let buildings.
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  • Public Procurement
  • 09 October 2020

New Public Procurement rules to help communities recover from COVID-19

The Government announced new public procurement rules on 24 September 2020 requiring Central Government buyers to evaluate the “social value” of bids when tendering for public contracts (Public Policy Notice 06/20).

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  • Construction
  • 08 October 2020

Managing Cashflow in a Crisis

Maintaining cashflow in the construction industry is now more important than ever. Watch our construction specialists Stephen James and Ruth Wilkinson, as they consider the key issues and how best to navigate them.
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  • Employment
  • 08 October 2020

Job retention bonus: will it tip the balance?

This month, the government has confirmed the details of the coronavirus job retention bonus (JRB) scheme.

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  • Employment
  • 08 October 2020

Equality Act – 10 years later

The Equality Act 2010 was designed to simplify and strengthen protection from discrimination, and support progress towards equality.

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  • Employment
  • 07 October 2020

£32.1m fine for employee surveillance

Following an investigation by the Data Protection Authority of Hamburg, fashion retailer H&M has been fined the equivalent of £32.1m for illegally monitoring of its employees.
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  • Employment
  • 05 October 2020

Update: employment tribunal orders Jaguar Land Rover to pay gender-fluid worker £180,000 in compensation

Having won her claims for harassment, direct discrimination and victimisation, non-binary ex-employee Rose Taylor was awarded £180,000 in damages at the remedy hearing which was held on Friday 2nd October.
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  • Employment
  • 01 October 2020

Paranoid delusions are not a disability

In the recent case of Sullivan v Bury Street Capital Ltd, the EAT had to decide whether paranoid delusions could amount to a disability.
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