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UK: pregnancy discrimination update
The ECJ has confirmed that there is no EU law requirement to give priority to a pregnant worker in the context of collective redundancies. The …
UK: No short cuts when calculating holiday pay for casual workers
The EAT in Brazel v The Harper Trust has ruled that employers must calculate holiday pay for term-time (or other casual) workers using the normal rate of …
UK: Disability discrimination update on 'pre-cancerous cells', use of occupational health advice, and long hours culture
Employers should note that an employee may still have cancer for the purposes of protection against disability discrimination even though the medical …
UK: EAT rules that clustering of women at low end of a pay grade was insufficient to establish indirect discrimination
The use of length of service as a criterion for pay may indirectly discriminate against women and therefore require objective justification to be lawful …
UK: Agency worker regulations require term by term comparison
The EAT has confirmed that once agency workers have accrued 12 weeks on one assignment, they will be entitled to the same pay and certain terms as …
EU: Data Use - Protecting a critical resource
Described by some as the “new oil” for the digital economy, there is no doubt that data are now seen as critical for organisations to succeed. Data are a …
UK: Government responds to Taylor Review with 'Good Work plan'
The government has this morning issued a press release announcing its response to the independent Taylor Review published last year (see our summary …
UK: Sex discrimination - Fawcett Society's reform proposals
The Fawcett Society has published its Sex Discrimination Law Review, calling for: restrictions on the use of ministerial powers conferred by the …
UK: Working time rest breaks - compensatory rest must be one continuous period
Employers in certain sectors can rely on the exemption from the ordinary rest break requirements in the Working Time Regulations (or 20 minutes for every …
UK: Surveillance - European decisions highlight right to privacy in the workplace
Two recent decisions – along with the imminent implementation of the GDPR - highlight the importance for employers of reviewing monitoring practices and …
UK: Collective bargaining - no obligation on 'de facto' employer; risks of direct negotiation with employees
In Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v University of London the Central Arbitration Committee has decided that a union representing employees of …
UK: Disability - employers acting on wrong assumptions about medical conditions risk perceived disability discrimination claims
Employers should take extra care when considering rejecting a job applicant because of a concern that a health condition is likely to deteriorate (even …
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