DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION - 08.04.2024
Trial period in new role can be reasonable adjustment
According to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, an employer failed to make reasonable adjustments when it dismissed a disabled employee rather than placing him in an alternative role on a trial basis. What are the implications of this ruling?
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PATERNITY RIGHTS - 19.03.2024
Why offer enhanced paternity pay?
A parent charity has called for paternity leave to increase to six weeks and statutory paternity pay (SPP) to rise to 90% of pay. Should you provide more than SPP?
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RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION - 19.03.2024
Managing annual leave requests for religious festivals
For Muslim employees, the holy month of Ramadan began on 11 March 2024 and is due to end around 10 April 2024 with the festival of Eid al-Fitr. If an employee has requested to take annual leave for the festival, can you decline their request?
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PATERNITY LEAVE - 07.02.2024
Changes to the statutory paternity leave scheme
The government has published draft regulations which, once in force, will make changes to the way in which employees exercise their statutory entitlement to paternity leave. What are the changes?
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DISCRIMINATION - 01.02.2024
£340,000 for being called “a pensioner”
An employee who was labelled “a pensioner” because of his age and placed “in the relegation zone” has been awarded £340,000 in compensation by the tribunal. These are both no-nos, but where else did the employer go wrong?
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DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION - 25.01.2024
Failure to provide auxiliary aids was discriminatory
An employee who wasn’t provided with the recommended support on returning to work after a brain haemorrhage has won a disability discrimination claim for their employer’s failure to make reasonable adjustments. How did it fail in this duty?
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