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- Date:
- 1 April 2017
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 9 March 2017
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee could not claim for harassment on the ground of disability where he had not proved, but merely asserted, that he has a disability.
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- Date:
- 9 January 2017
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the dismissal of a teacher for showing an 18-rated film to a class of vulnerable 15- and 16-year-olds amounted to unfavourable treatment arising from his disability and was not justified.
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- Date:
- 7 December 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We round up three recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgments about discrimination. The ECJ has recently considered: temporary incapacity caused by a workplace accident in Barcelona; the recruitment age limit for Basque police officers; and survivors' pensions for same-sex partners in Ireland.
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- Date:
- 21 November 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal held that a bus company's decision to dismiss a disabled employee amounted to discrimination arising from disability. The justification defence failed because the tribunal found that there were a number of other options available that would have amounted to a less discriminatory means of achieving a safe place of work.
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- Date:
- 1 November 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Appleby v The Governing Body of Colburn Community Primary School and another EAT/0334/15, the EAT upheld an employment tribunal decision that it was not a breach of disability discrimination laws to require a teacher with narcolepsy and mental health problems to be at work for 8.45am, when she had asked for 15 minutes' leeway to arrive by 9am.
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- Date:
- 1 October 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is partner at Colman Coyle solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 1 September 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that protecting an employee's pay may be a reasonable adjustment to counter a disabled employee's disadvantage.
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- Date:
- 1 September 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Chris Cook is partner and head of employment and Keely Rushmore is senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 22 August 2016
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We round up three recent employment tribunal awards for discrimination arising from disability under the Equality Act 2010. The compensation awarded in these three cases totals over £25,000.