Discrimination damages for insincere job applications
Is a job applicant entitled to damages if the sole reason they applied was to bring a discrimination claim?
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Injury to feelings payment for sexual harassment
A woman who was sexually harassed by her employer has been awarded £14,000 as compensation for injury to feelings.
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Privacy Shield – employers’ data protection duties
Now that the Privacy Shield is in force, what must US and EU employers do to protect data?
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Headteacher dismissed for relationship with sex offender
Was a headteacher’s decision not to inform her school of her relationship with a sex offender a fair reason for dismissal?
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When are whistleblowers protected from dismissal?
This case considers the protection available to whistleblowers when their dismissing officer was unaware that they had blown the whistle.
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Headscarf ban was direct discrimination
A second case has come before an Advocate General concerning instructions for a Muslim woman not to wear a headscarf at work.
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A View from the Managing Partner: Brexit
BDBF’s Gareth Brahams considers the political climate some months after the Brexit vote, and what the impact may be on employment law.
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