Manager awarded £230,000 after harassment complaints not addressed
A former manager at Royal Mail has been awarded £230,000 after his complaints about bullying and discrimination were not adequately addressed, contributing to a decline in his mental health and his subsequent dismissal. Personnel Today ...
January 25, 2021
Is Long Covid a disability under the Equality Act?
A person has a disability under the Equality Act if they have a ‘physical or mental impairment’ which ‘has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on [their] ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’. Those who ...
January 4, 2021
Employment law post Brexit - what can we expect?
All EU-derived employment law and directly effective EU employment legislation has continued to apply to the UK during the implementation period, and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has continued to have jurisdiction in the ...
December 4, 2020
Racist, sexist, homophobic police officers dismissed
Three police officers at Hampshire Constabulary’s serious organised crime unit (Socu) have been sacked for gross misconduct after their ‘lads’ pad’ was secretly bugged following concerns raised by a whistleblower. Personnel Today report that during ...
January 19, 2021
How employers should prepare for and transition to the new Immigration system
Dramatic changes to our immigration system are taking effect. A new points-based system kicked in on 1 December 2020 affecting businesses wishing to employ non-EU citizens which will also apply to EU citizens (including from ...
January 22, 2021
As the UK prepares to set its own laws, what does the future hold for employment law?
This article appeared in issue 188 of theHRDIRECTOR publication and, during our edit, we unintentionally made a change which misconstrued one particular detail. Obviously, we know very well that detail matters in law and so ...
July 3, 2020
DWP signs legally binding agreement to improve equality and diversity in the workplace
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has entered into a legally binding agreement with the EHRC after a former DWP employee won her claim of direct discrimination on the basis of age and race, ...
January 20, 2021
How employers should prepare for and transition to the new Immigration system
Dramatic changes to our immigration system are taking effect. A new points-based system kicked in on 1 December 2020 affecting businesses wishing to employ non-EU citizens which will also apply to EU citizens (including from ...
January 9, 2021
Mimicking Chinese accent and making Kung Foo noises was racial harassment
In Sheun v Northern General Hospital (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust), S is of Chinese ethnic origin. He grew up in a small town where there were few families of Chinese ethnic origin and had ...
April 28, 2020
Beware out of sight out of mind on homeworking employees
While most employees will be keen to hold on to their jobs in this period of economic uncertainty, there will always be those who see opportunity in times of challenge and could using the time ...
December 17, 2020