Employment Notes

UK: Government confirms no mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting (at this stage)

Diversity and Inclusion Ep 1: Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting – A Race for Data

Malaysia: Proposed changes to the Industrial Relations Act 1967

Malaysia's Ministry of Human Resources has recently proposed amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1967 ("IRA") which, if introduced, would result …

Hong Kong: Proposed changes to discrimination laws

On 30 November 2018, legislation was gazetted which proposes various amendments to the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, Disability Discrimination Ordinance, …

UK: Government consults on mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting

The Government has published a consultation on ethnicity pay reporting, making clear its position that this should become mandatory (possibly subject to …

UK: no new caste law

The Government Equalities Office has published its response to a consultation on how best to address caste discrimination in Britain, concluding that …

UK: board diversity report and updated executive search code

The Parker Review Committee has published its final report into the ethnic diversity of UK boards. The final recommendations are substantively the same …

UK: Pay gap reporting - EHRC recommendations and HSF review of gender pay gap reports published so far

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has recently published research into gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps, along with a strategy for …

UK: Discrimination - burden of proof ruling highlights need for employers to present positive case

In Efobi v Royal Mail the EAT has ruled that it is not incumbent on the claimant in a discrimination claim to prove a prima facie case: it is for the …

UK: Legislation - Employment law reform proposals during the Summer 2017 General Election

The main parties' manifestos for the general election all contained numerous proposed employment law reforms, the Conservatives promising "the greatest …

UK: Indirect discrimination - Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for claimants to establish prima facie indirect discrimination

Employers should review whether their policies and practices could be disadvantaging employees with a particular protected characteristic. The Supreme …

UK: Legislation - consultations on caste discrimination, electronic balloting and reforming the tribunal system

On 28 March the Government Equality Office published its long-awaited consultation on caste discrimination, announced back in September 2016. The …