In our 6 October 2016 update we reported that a failure by easyJet to limit duty days to 8 hours, to allow two female cabin crew members who were breastfeeding their babies to express milk, was found to be indirect discrimination. CIPD People Management have just published a very useful article ‘Top tips for accommodating breastfeeding at work’ which can help employers avoid breaking the law.
| Published: 21 October 2016
The Ministry of Justice have published a joint statement from The Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, and the Senior President of Tribunals on their shared vision for the future of Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service.
| Published: 21 October 2016
In Brierley and others v Asda Stores Ltd, an ET has ruled that over 7000 female shop workers in Asda stores can compare their pay with men who are paid at a higher rate in Asda’s distribution centres.
| Published: 21 October 2016
In Snell v Network Rail, both Snell (S) and his wife work for Network Rail. They informed Network Rail that they would be taking shared parental leave. Under the employer’s policy, S would be entitled to up to 39 weeks' shared parental leave pay at the statutory rate and up to a further 13 weeks' unpaid leave.
| Published: 21 October 2016
The President of the Employment Tribunals has issued guidance setting out a Protocol for employment judges to conduct a Judicial Assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and risks of the parties’ respective claims.
| Published: 14 October 2016
The Telegraph have reported that the Prime Minister has appointed Matthew Taylor, chief executive for the Royal Society for encouragements of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, to conduct a review of workers' rights in a move set “to pave the way for the self-employed and temporary employees to be protected by new laws”.
| Published: 14 October 2016
In Hussain v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, during the course of the Liability Hearing, the ET gave Hussain (H) a costs warning, urging him to focus on “whether certain of his claims now had any prospect of success” and whether his claim was “so very weak having come apart in cross examination and by reference to the contemporaneous documentation and also his answers”.
| Published: 14 October 2016
British Gas appealed, and the EAT, and now the Court of Appeal (CA), held that the ET were correct to interpret the WTR as it did. According to the CA, the “grain or thrust” of the WTR is directed at providing holiday pay in compliance with the WTD criteria.
| Published: 14 October 2016
A survey by law firm, Slater and Gordon, of 2,000 employees has found that employers regularly tell women to put on more makeup, wear high heels and short skirts.
| Published: 7 October 2016
Acas have published new research on dress codes which shows that employers risk losing talented young employees due to concerns about employing people with visible tattoos.
| Published: 7 October 2016
