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- Date:
- 1 December 2020
- Type:
- Law reports
An employment tribunal held that a redundancy exercise that effectively ruled a pregnant employee out of an available role in the Middle East was discriminatory. The tribunal's £50,121 award included £25,000 for injury to feelings.
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- Type:
- Good practice manual
Updated to include additional information on barriers to equality, diversity and inclusion, the 2020 Hampton-Alexander review, policies and procedures, and recent research and current practice on gender equality and diversity.
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- Type:
- Law reports
Updated to include information on Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, in which the Court of Appeal dismissed the claimant's appeal.
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- Date:
- 25 November 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
Were the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements predictable? If so, what's next and how should organisations prepare? Gareth Buchanan explores these issues and sets out some practical steps that organisations can take to be more inclusive.
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- Date:
- 24 November 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
One in five disabled employees has had their request to work from home, be furloughed or redeployed during the pandemic turned down.
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- Type:
- Editor's choice
Join us on Thursday 3 December for an hour-long webinar where Roianne Nedd, a diversity and inclusion expert, will outline the steps employers can take to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce.
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- Date:
- 13 November 2020
- Type:
- Law reports
In Heskett v Secretary of State for Justice, the Court of Appeal confirmed that, while cost alone is not sufficient, the employer's need to reduce expenditure due to budgetary constraints imposed by the Government is a legitimate aim, and the discriminatory pay policy a proportionate means of achieving that aim.
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- Date:
- 11 November 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
2020 was the year that HR was required to react to the unexpected, but it's now time to plan for the known challenges in the coming year. We look at what HR can do to prepare for 2021.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to include a reference to the updated guidance on the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
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- Date:
- 10 November 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
Furlough has the potential to skew an organisation's gender pay gap significantly. Madeleine Mould, associate in the employment team at law firm Blake Morgan LLP, looks at what it means for organisations preparing their data ahead of the next reporting deadline.
