Diversity Updates 2011

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Kirpan ban did not discriminate against Sikh prison officer

21 June 2011

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21 June 2011

Refusal to allow attendance at Mosque was justifiable

In Cherfi v G4S Security Services Ltd the EAT upheld a tribunal's decision that an employer's refusal to allow a security guard to leave a...

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21 June 2011

£5,313,390 awarded in discrimination cases in 2010

Issue 213 of the Equal Opportunities Review (Michael Rubenstein Publishing) contains the results of an annual survey of compensation awards in discrimination cases in England...

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21 June 2011

EHRC produces Equality Act starter kit

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has developed an Equality Act starter kit to help employers and service providers understand the essentials of the law....

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21 June 2011

Expert guidance vital to help employers manage people working longer

Expert guidance is vital to help employers manage people effectively in working longer and more flexibly now the DRA has been abolished......

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21 June 2011

UK Ministers lobby Europe against maternity proposals

The UK Government have joined a number of other Member States to lobby against proposals by MEPs for 20 weeks of maternity leave at full pay....

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10 May 2011

Reasonable to dismiss employee when immigration status uncertain

In Kurumuth v NHS Trust North Middlesex University Hospital the EAT has held that dismissal of an employee was reasonable in circumstances where the UK...

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Employee unfairly treated because of time off for dependants

10 May 2011

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10 May 2011

Harassment claim fails where not reasonable for claimant to take offence

In Thomas Sanderson Blinds v English (No.2) the EAT upheld a tribunal decision that a heterosexual employee who was subjected to homophobic banter at work...

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10 May 2011

Commission on a UK Bill of Rights launched

An independent Commission to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights has been launched by the Government. The Commission will investigate the creation...

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10 May 2011

Belief in the higher purpose of public service broadcasting protected

In Maistry v BBC a tribunal judge had held that a belief, that public service broadcasting has the higher purpose of promoting cultural interchanges and...

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Age discrimination widely experienced in Europe

10 May 2011

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