Discrimination

The Christmas party should be a great event at which colleagues can let their hair down and get together for a night of eating, drinking, singing and dancing that would rival David Brent himself. However, what happens if somebody goes too far? What is the employer’s liability in respect of a Christmas party faux pas? […]

For a start, let’s dispel a myth. A person doesn’t have to be “registered” to be disabled. The concept of registration was introduced by the National Assistance Act of 1948 , and made appearances in social security legislation in the years that followed, but was already antiquated by the time of the Disability Discrimination Act […]

It’s a common misconception amongst employers that an employee cannot be dismissed by reason of redundancy when she is on maternity leave. There are rules (not dealt with in this article) giving a redundant employee who is on maternity leave a preferential position when it comes to the allocation of alternative employment. But such an […]

This week the European Court of Human Rights gave its ruling on a quartet of cases loosely bundled under the heading of religious rights (in this case, Christian rights, although the court decision sets a precedent for similar issues regarding any religion). What is surprising is not the decisions themselves, but the media response. For […]

The Tribunals Service has recently published annual statistics for Employment Tribunals for 2009-2010. A general overview of the report illustrates a significant 56% increase in the number of claims issued compared with the previous year, and an increase of 22% in the number of cases heard by the Employment Tribunal. These figures reflect the dramatic […]