by Anna Denton | May 7, 2015 | Articles, Discrimination, Harassment
Lord Brown, who is now a cross-bench peer but was formerly BP’s Chief Executive, was outed as being gay in 2007. He has recently suggested that British companies should be required to publish details of how many lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people they...
by Anna Denton | Apr 30, 2015 | Articles, Discrimination, Health and Safety
You may have come across clauses in a sickness policy or in contracts of employment where the employer reserves the right to review the payment of contractual sick pay (and not pay) if the employee had been injured participating in a sport or leisure activity. The...
by Anna Denton | Apr 23, 2015 | Discrimination, Unfair dismissal, Videos
What happens when you are dealing with a disciplinary hearing – perhaps a final warning – when the employee already has a disciplinary history and now claims that some or all of this procedure was unfair? Anna’s video explores the issue –...
by Anna Denton | Apr 23, 2015 | Articles, Discrimination, Harassment, Investigations
There has recently been a lot of press coverage of the case of Svetlana Lokhova who was awarded £3.2m in relation to her claims for sexual harassment and gender based discrimination during her time working for a Russian bank. The level of the award doesn’t...
by Anna Denton | Apr 16, 2015 | Absence management, Articles, Disability, Discrimination, Unfair dismissal
I often hear from employers who are very worried about an employee and the risks of them bringing some sort of complaint connected with stress that they say they have suffered in the workplace. The recent case of Easton v B&Q PLC in the High Court illustrates my...
by Anna Denton | Apr 2, 2015 | Articles, Discrimination, News, Videos
How far can somebody expressing political views in the workplace be protected? With the upcoming general election in mind, we look at the issues here