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- Date:
- 21 January 2015
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a caste discrimination claim can be pursued under the Equality Act 2010.
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- Date:
- 1 November 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Helen Almond is professional support lawyer, Nigel Cousin and Victoria Davies managing associates and Iain Naylor and Andrew Nealey associates Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 1 September 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Gerri Hurst, Sinead Keenan, Carly Mather, Joelle Parkinson and Mark Rose are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 19 August 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld an employment tribunal decision to recuse itself after the employment judge disclosed to the parties that she had received information from the police part-way through the tribunal hearing. The EAT went on to give guidance as to the procedure that tribunals should follow when information from third parties is provided during the hearing.
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- Date:
- 5 August 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The Supreme Court has held that the connection between an employee's immigration offences and the statutory civil wrong of discrimination is insufficiently close to prevent her from making a claim for pre-dismissal racial harassment.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
Krishna Santra, Linda Quinn and Colin Makin are senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues and Dominic Speedie are associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 1 May 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
David Malamatenios is a partner, Linda Quinn and Krishna Santra senior associates and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues and Dominic Speedie associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 17 March 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This employment tribunal had the unusual task of considering whether or not a manager harassed a black pub worker when he told him that he "looked like a pimp" when he was wearing a promotional St Patrick's Day hat.
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- Date:
- 29 January 2014
- Type:
- Employment law cases
The current wording of the Equality Act 2010 is sufficient to allow caste discrimination claims to be brought, found the employment tribunal in this non-binding first-instance case.
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- Date:
- 21 November 2013
- Type:
- Employment law cases
This Polish claimant was awarded £7,000 after being criticised by a colleague for speaking her native language in the workplace, in a good example of the language issues that can arise in a multinational workplace.