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Enhanced shared parental pay question resolved

by Anna Denton | Jun 14, 2019 | Discrimination, equality, Equality Act, parental rights, pay

Enhancing shared parental pay differently to maternity pay is not sex discrimination, a recent case has resolved.  The Court of Appeal recently heard from two male claimants who felt they suffered discrimination when their employers failed to pay them an enhanced...

Warning for employers over gender reassignment

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...

Disability and the line between discrimination and misconduct

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...

Employers continue to learn the lessons of dismissing disabled employees

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...

An explanation of the case of Pnaiser v NHS England and Coventry City Council and the dangers of giving verbal references

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...

Risk and employing older workers

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...
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