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 | Oct 24, 2016 | News
If you work in the private sector and have always done so, there is a fair chance that you’ve probably never had to actually deal with an equal pay claim. You’ve probably understood the Equal Pay Act 1970 and the Equality Act 2010 that implement the principle that men...
by Anna Denton | Jul 28, 2016 | Disability
You’re probably familiar with the definition of a disability under the Equality Act and the fact that somebody has to have suffered from their physical or mental impairment for more than 12 months in order for it to be sufficiently long term in its effect on someone’s...
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...