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  • Date:
    21 January 2015
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Race discrimination: caste claim possible under Equality Act 2010

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a caste discrimination claim can be pursued under the Equality Act 2010.

  • Date:
    1 November 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    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.

  • Date:
    1 September 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    Gerri Hurst, Sinead Keenan, Carly Mather, Joelle Parkinson and Mark Rose are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Date:
    19 August 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Caste discrimination: EAT finds tribunal judge was right to halt case after police intervention

    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.

  • Date:
    5 August 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Racial harassment: Supreme Court allows illegal employee's discrimination claim to proceed

    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.

  • Date:
    1 July 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    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.

  • Date:
    1 May 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Case round-up

    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.

  • Date:
    17 March 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Racial harassment: manager accused of stereotyping black pub worker wearing St Patrick's Day hat

    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.

  • Date:
    29 January 2014
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Tribunal holds that Equality Act 2010 prohibits caste discrimination

    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.

  • Date:
    21 November 2013
    Type:
    Employment law cases

    Race discrimination: £7,000 for Polish worker criticised by colleague for speaking her native language

    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.