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Diversifying the boardroom
On 12 March 2021, the Parker Review Committee published its update report setting out its survey results of FTSE 100 companies on the ethnic diversity of their boards.
March 18, 2021 No Comments
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International Women’s Day 2021
Today is International Women’s Day. All over the world organisations and communities are gearing up to celebrate women’s achievements and rally for equality.
March 8, 2021 No Comments
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Key employment rights afforded to women on maternity leave
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Senior Associate, Emily Plosker examines one of the key employment rights afforded to women on maternity leave and looks at proposals to improve the position of pregnant women and new mothers in the workplace.
March 8, 2021 No Comments
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Serious about equality at work? Then it’s time to look after menopausal women.
International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021 puts the spotlight on equality for women, including in the workplace. By 2022, one in every six British workers will be a woman aged 50 or over – a woman very likely to be on her journey through the menopause.
March 8, 2021 No Comments
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Discrimination: worker’s complaint about discrimination did not engage protection from victimisation
In Chalmers v Airpoint Ltd & Ors the Scottish EAT had to decide whether an articulate HR professional was protected from victimisation after she had made a vague allegation of discrimination in an email to her manager.
March 1, 2021 No Comments
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Failure to provide regular and effective equality training leaves employers on the hook for harassment claims
In the recent case of Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen, the EAT upheld a decision that staff equality training had become stale after 20 months.
February 19, 2021 No Comments
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Race equality week, what is it and how can you get involved?
Did you know that we are in the middle of the UK’s first ever Race Equality Week? The week runs from 1 to 7 February 2021 and aims to bring UK employers, organisations and the wider public together to address issues affecting ethnic minority employees with the aim of igniting real change.
February 4, 2021 No Comments
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Race Equality Week to kickstart long term racial equality at work
In this article, Melvyna Mumunie explains the continuing pressure on the Government to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay reporting and outlines the key considerations for its implementation.
February 4, 2021 No Comments
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Just Blue Monday, or something more?
The third Monday in January is typically labelled “Blue Monday” and is said to be the most depressing day of the year.
January 18, 2021 No Comments
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Racial stereotypes were discriminatory and justified dismissal without notice
In Lamonby v Solent University the Employment Tribunal had to consider whether it was fair to dismiss an employee who had made remarks which betrayed a tendency to stereotype according to race, even where such stereotypes were sometimes positive.
August 3, 2020 No Comments
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Employer discriminated against depressed employee by failing to guarantee that she would not have to work with alleged harassers again
Employer discriminated against depressed employee by failing to guarantee that she would not have to work with alleged harassers again. In this case, the EAT considered whether it would be a reasonable adjustment for an employer to provide an undertaking to a disabled employee guaranteeing a severance package in the event that it could not maintain certain working arrangements.
August 3, 2020 No Comments
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Black livelihoods matter
At a time when racial inequality is at the forefront of everyone’s minds, new figures revealing the continuing underrepresentation of black people in senior positions in the UK…
July 2, 2020 No Comments
