Direct discrimination

New and updated

• Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust v Jackson and others, in which the EAT considered if administrative failures in a redundancy process during maternity leave amounted to discrimination.

• Religion or belief discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Gan Menachem Hendon Ltd v De Groen, in which the EAT considered if a Jewish employee's dismissal for "cohabitation" amounted to religious discrimination.

• 'Ee-bah-gum': accent bias still afflicts UK

  Date:

  6 February 2019

  Type:

  News

  Pronounced regional accents can be a barrier to career progress and social mobility, as they are perceived negatively by some people.

• Age discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice v McCloud, in which the Court of Appeal considered whether or not transitional provisions for judges' and firefighters' pensions were justified.

• Disability discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Ishola v Transport for London, in which the EAT considered the correct comparison when comparing, in a reasonable adjustments claim, the adverse effect of the erratic payment of sick pay.

• Race discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, in which the Court of Appeal held that Uber drivers are workers.

• Sex discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, in which the Court of Appeal held that Uber drivers are workers.

• Marriage and civil partnership discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, in which the Court of Appeal held that Uber drivers are workers.

• Gender reassignment discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, in which the Court of Appeal held that Uber drivers are workers.

• Sexual orientation discrimination

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, in which the Court of Appeal held that Uber drivers are workers.