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UK: Employment law reforms - April 2012 government plans confirmed, new proposals and calls for evidence
The last month has seen a raft of government proposals for changes to employment laws. Details were included in a speech made by the Business …
UK: Equal pay - out of time tribunal claims can proceed in the High Court
A Court of Appeal ruling means that employers may face equal pay claims brought in the High Court as a breach of contract claim even though a tribunal …
UK: Board diversity - change to UK Corporate Governance Code
The FRC has announced two changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code applying to financial years beginning on or after 1 October 2012 (although …
UK: Disability - duty to make reasonable adjustments
Recent EAT rulings have established that: it is not a reasonable adjustment to give a disabled employee on sick leave a career sabbatical, nor to …
UK: Equal pay - voluntary initiative launched
The Government Equalities Office has published a reporting framework to encourage employers voluntarily to identify barriers to equality of pay, take …
UK: Equal pay - employers may not need to freeze comparator's pay to remove TUPE-related pay disparity
Where a pay disparity arises on a TUPE transfer (eg, due to higher transferor pay levels), this may provide the transferee employer with a "material …
UK: Employment status - reality of relationship trumps contractual terms; arbitrators not employees under discrimination law
The Supreme Court has confirmed that the employment status of an individual will be determined by the reality of their relationship with the …
UK: Sexual orientation - discussing employee's homosexuality may not be unlawful
The Court of Appeal has ruled that it will not necessarily be unlawful discrimination for a manager to mention an employee's homosexuality to others …
UK: Consultation on specialist disability employment programmes
The Government is consulting on specialist disability employment programmes, ending on 17 October 2011.
UK: The Davies Report on women on boards
The Davies Report on women on boards published in February 2011 recommended that executive search firms should draw up a voluntary code of conduct to …
UK: Government plans for employment law changes
BIS is consulting until 8 August 2011 on the following proposals: changing the leave available to parents from no earlier than April 2015. …
UK: Third party harassment - employers may be liable under general harassment law
An employer should take appropriate steps to deal with third party harassment, even where the express provisions in the Equality Act (requiring two prior …
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