by Anna Denton | Jun 1, 2016 | Articles, Discrimination, Harassment, News
A transgender woman has won a case of both direct and indirect discrimination against Condor Ferries after a staff member advised her to “use the disabled loos”. We probably already knew that following a case against the Post Office some years ago. However what was...
by Anna Denton | May 17, 2016 | Articles, Disability, Discrimination, equality
Imagine a scenario whereby a disabled employee finds themselves angry and upset because they cannot access something and feel excluded by reason of their disability. For example, a wheelchair user finds that the room their employer has booked for some training is in a...
by Anna Denton | Mar 9, 2016 | Disability, Discrimination, equality
In Ty-Systems Ltd v Lewis an unreported Employment Appeal Tribunal case the employee concerned was part of a group who had been asked to change shift pattern. Following a consultation process everybody else in the group had agreed to make the change. One employee who...
by Anna Denton | Feb 1, 2016 | Disability, Discrimination
In this video Anna gives an explanation of the case of Pnaiser v NHS England and Coventry City Council and the dangers of giving verbal references. She highlights the risk of line managers providing a verbal reference, in particular, when a settlement agreement has...
by Anna Denton | Jan 21, 2016 | Discrimination, Health and Safety
We all know that the Equality Act 2010 prohibits an employer from refusing to employ someone solely on the basis of their age but equally when there are accidents in the workplace such as the recent case where a bus crashed into a Coventry supermarket killing two...
by Anna Denton | Jan 13, 2016 | Articles, Discrimination, Videos
Can you justify asking an employee to speak english, Anna explores what happened when an employer asked a Russian speaking lady to use English. Hear what the ET had to say in this case. To watch the video click...
