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Flexible working: withdrawal of homeworking arrangement constituted direct sex discrimination

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    Solicitors Regulation Authority v Mitchell EAT/0497/12 (0 other reports)

Solicitors Regulation Authority v Mitchell EAT/0497/12

direct sex discrimination | flexible working request | homeworking

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer's false explanation given for the withdrawal of a flexible working arrangement in evidence during a tribunal hearing reversed the burden of proof in a direct sex discrimination claim.