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Disability discrimination and employers’ knowledge
The Court of Appeal has set out what an employer does and does not need to know in order to be found to have discriminated against a disabled employee.
June 18, 2018 No Comments
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Why employers can be liable for discrimination via their agents
The Court of Appeal has considered the circumstances in which an employer will be held liable for acts of discrimination committed by their agents.
June 18, 2018 No Comments
Are some job adverts discouraging women from applying?
It is now well known that advertising a vacancy for a “barmaid” or a “handyman” would discriminate against applicants of the opposite sex. When Human
May 4, 2018 No Comments
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Employer discriminated against employee because of perceived disability
An employer was found to have directly discriminated against an employee on the basis of a hearing disability it perceived that employee to have. The
April 23, 2018 No Comments
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How does an employer know whether an employee is disabled?
The Court of Appeal has decided that the test was not whether the employer did all it could to determine whether an employee was disabled
April 23, 2018 No Comments
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Greek police’s minimum height requirement is indirectly discriminatory
The Greek police force’s requirement for new applicants to meet a certain minimum height threshold was indirectly discriminatory against women and could not be objectively
February 1, 2018 No Comments
Ruth Gamble comments on the implications of the BBC’s gender pay gap in the Evening Standard, Huffington Post, CNBC and the Guardian
As the BBC reveals its pay data for the first time, BDBF Partner Ruth Gamble’s comments on the implications of the disparities make the news.
July 19, 2017 No Comments
The Court of Appeal clarifies the “public interest test” for whistleblowing claims.
The Court of Appeal has, this morning, clarified that a disclosure does not need to be in the interest of the public at large in order to attract whistleblower protection. Despite the inclusion of a “public interest test” in whistleblowing legislation, a disclosure can concern only a small group of people, although that the character of the disclosure is relevant.
July 11, 2017 No Comments
Age discrimination: silver quotas
Could the ‘silver quota’ be the answer to improving employment rates in the over 50s? Polly Rodway considers in the light of UK discrimination law.
July 3, 2017 No Comments
Are employers’ bans on headscarves at work discriminatory?
An employer’s ban on wearing religious symbols at work may or may not be directly discriminatory depending on the reason for the ban.
May 11, 2017 No Comments
No need to prove reason for disadvantage in indirect discrimination
In order to successfully establish indirect discrimination, claimants do not have to prove the reason why a practice puts their group at a particular disadvantage.
May 11, 2017 No Comments
Government responds to pregnancy and maternity discrimination report
The Government has responded to the Women and Equalities Committee’s report on pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace.
March 13, 2017 No Comments
