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- Date:
- 8 August 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at the latest rulings in a long line of holiday pay cases, including one with significant back-pay implications for Northern Ireland employers. He also explains why the issue of lengthy back-pay periods may not yet be completely resolved for employers in the rest of the UK.
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- Date:
- 31 July 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We look at how the menopause can affect women working in the police sector and some of the initiatives that are being taken to support them.
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- Date:
- 26 June 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We look at how workplace culture and leadership style are evolving in a police service facing changing challenges.
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- Date:
- 26 June 2019
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Chief Constable of Norfolk v Coffey, the Court of Appeal upheld the tribunal decision that a police constabulary had directly discriminated against an officer because of its perception that her medical condition could develop into a disability in the future.
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- Date:
- 25 June 2019
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal refused to limit workers' historic claims for the unlawful exclusion of overtime from holiday pay calculations.
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- Date:
- 25 June 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Consultant editor Darren Newman examines the recent Court of Appeal decision that puts paid - for now at least - to the argument that employers that offer enhanced maternity pay must offer the equivalent for employees on shared parental leave.
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- Date:
- 28 May 2019
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd; Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police v Hextall, the Court of Appeal rejected sex discrimination claims brought by male staff against employers that enhance maternity pay but not shared parental pay.
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- Date:
- 30 April 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We look at some of the initiatives that have been taken to boost recruitment in the police sector, and highlight what the police can learn from HM Prison and Probation Service's recruitment campaign.
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- Date:
- 11 April 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
While positive action in recruitment is laudable, and to be encouraged as a means of overcoming disadvantage and low participation, employers need to think very carefully about how they go about it, because if they make mistakes the cost may be high. Jason Braier explains why.
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- Date:
- 1 March 2019
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, an employment tribunal held that a police force's recruitment process discriminated against a white heterosexual male candidate who was rejected after the positive action provisions in the Equality Act 2010 were applied to a pool of 127 applicants who passed the interview stage.