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Sex discrimination
We look at four discrimination cases where an employment tribunal has ordered the employer to pay a large compensation award.
We look at three recent employment tribunal decisions where the employee succeeded in their sexual harassment claim.
In Earl Shilton Town Council v Miller, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer's provision of inadequate toilet facilities for women was direct sex discrimination.
We look at three cases dealing with issues around discrimination and whistleblowing, arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In Reilly v RT Management Bridgeton Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a line manager's failure to address an employee's request to have a sanitary waste disposal bin placed in the staff toilet because she was "the only female of menstruating age who used the toilet" constituted sex discrimination.
In Finn v The British Bung Manufacturing Company Ltd and another, an employment tribunal held that the male electrician had been subjected to harassment related to sex when the shift supervisor called him "bald" during a heated exchange.
We look at three successful employment tribunal claims brought over the mishandling of flexible working requests. We also examine two Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions on getting agreement from the employee to extend the three-month decision period and the requirement for a single mother to be available to work late shifts.
In Long v British Gas Trading Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the selection for redundancy of a part-time employee who was the mother of young children was sex discrimination, less favourable treatment because of part-time working and an unfair dismissal.
In Daly v BA Cityflyer Ltd, the employment tribunal awarded £38,742 for indirect sex discrimination to an in-flight business manager whose request for flexible working on her return from maternity leave was refused.
In Thompson v Scancrown Ltd (t/a as Manors), the employment tribunal awarded £184,961 for indirect sex discrimination to an estate agent who resigned following the mishandling of her request for flexible working on her return from maternity leave.
Employment law cases: HR and legal information and guidance relating to sex discrimination.