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25 years of the Disability Discrimination Act: Tackling discrimination in the workplace and beyond

18 November 2020

17 November 2020

On 10 November HMRC published its updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Eagerly awaited by employment lawyers – who hoped it would answer...

13 November 2020

New analysis published by the TUC shows that disabled workers now earn a fifth (20%) less than non-disabled workers. The analysis found that the pay...

12 November 2020

Research by Protect has found that 41% of employees with Covid-19 concerns were ignored by their employers and 20% of whistleblowers were dismissed for raising...

11 November 2020

The Government has announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will now remain open until the end of March 2021, with employees receiving 80%...

6 November 2020

The Guardian report that a study by economists from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Zurich have found that women were significantly more likely to...

5 November 2020

The Guardian report that the NHS, the law firm Linklaters and the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers are among the large companies that have promised to cumulatively...

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Solicitor who groped his secretary and told racist jokes fined £51,000

4 November 2020

2 November 2020

Can an employee's failure to return to work after maternity leave be regarded as an acceptance of a employer’s repudiatory breach for the purposes of...

30 October 2020

New analysis of employment tribunal data by Citizens Advice reveals that if the backlog of claims continues to increase at the current rate, outstanding claims...

29 October 2020

The Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 will come into force on 4 November. The Regulations impose restrictions on the amount of an...

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ICO publishes detailed guidance on the right of access

28 October 2020

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