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...
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 | Mar 1, 2016 | equality, pay
I heard a stark statistic last week that women in 2016 will earn what men earned in 2006! For that reason it’s obvious why attempts are being made to nudge employers into taking action to address the gap and after what seemed like eons of discussion about how this...