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- Date:
- 30 October 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Evans v Xactly Corporation Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld an employment tribunal's ruling that calling a salesperson a "fat ginger pikey" in a working environment with a culture of "jibing and teasing"; was not harassment under the Equality Act 2010.
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- Date:
- 24 August 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In X v Y Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an email containing legal advice on how to disguise a discriminatory dismissal as a redundancy is not protected by legal advice privilege and is admissible as evidence in a tribunal.
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- Date:
- 2 August 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust v Lee and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a decision to withdraw a job offer that was at least partially influenced by a reference that focused on the applicant's sickness absence levels was discriminatory.
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- Date:
- 6 June 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Davies v Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, an employment tribunal upheld the unfair dismissal and disability discrimination claims of a court officer whose menopausal symptoms led to an incident in which she thought her medication had contaminated a water jug.
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- Date:
- 25 May 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Consultant editor Darren Newman explains how the difference between the test of reasonableness in relation to unfair dismissal and the test for justification in relation to "discrimination arising from disability" led to an interesting - and important - Court of Appeal decision.
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- Date:
- 24 May 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In City of York Council v Grosset, the Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of a teacher for showing an 18-rated film to his pupils amounted to discrimination arising from his disability, even though the school had not been aware that the teacher's conduct was linked to his disability.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model tailored reasonable adjustment plan for an employee with a disability.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model policy on employees with HIV and AIDS, which includes recruitment and selection, HIV testing, disclosure and confidentiality, the management of employees affected by HIV and AIDS, and first aid and health and safety procedures.
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- Date:
- 30 March 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Lofty v Hamis t/a First Cafe, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that, when determining whether or not a condition amounts to a disability under the Equality Act 2010, there is no distinction between different cancerous conditions or different stages of cancer.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.