Asda equal pay claims get a green light
Asda’s female shop-floor workers are able to compare themselves to their male colleagues in the distribution centres for the purposes of an equal pay claim.
November 22, 2016 No Comments
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Further decision on Northern Ireland ‘gay cake’ case
A Christian bakery’s refusal to bake a cake bearing a message in favour of legalising same-sex marriage was discriminatory.
November 22, 2016 No Comments
Being a whistleblowing champion
Arpita Dutt and Paul McAleavey consider the duties of a whistleblowing champion under the Senior Managers Regime and the steps to take to ensure compliance.
September 15, 2016 No Comments
Discrimination damages for insincere job applications
Is a job applicant entitled to damages if the sole reason they applied was to bring a discrimination claim?
September 14, 2016 No Comments
Injury to feelings payment for sexual harassment
A woman who was sexually harassed by her employer has been awarded £14,000 as compensation for injury to feelings.
September 14, 2016 No Comments
Privacy Shield – employers’ data protection duties
Now that the Privacy Shield is in force, what must US and EU employers do to protect data?
September 14, 2016 No Comments
Headteacher dismissed for relationship with sex offender
Was a headteacher’s decision not to inform her school of her relationship with a sex offender a fair reason for dismissal?
September 14, 2016 No Comments
When are whistleblowers protected from dismissal?
This case considers the protection available to whistleblowers when their dismissing officer was unaware that they had blown the whistle.
September 14, 2016 No Comments
Headscarf ban was direct discrimination
A second case has come before an Advocate General concerning instructions for a Muslim woman not to wear a headscarf at work.
September 14, 2016 No Comments
Byron: Illegal working and employers’ duties
In the wake of events at Byron Hamburgers, BDBF’s Paul McAleavey considers employers’ competing legal obligations to prevent illegal working while also maintaining the trust and confidence of their employees. Originally published in the Solicitors’ Journal on 16 August 2016.
August 16, 2016 No Comments
Overcoming the secrecy behind pay inequality
Samantha Prosser discusses recent measures taken by Massachusetts to reduce pay inequality and considers the position in UK law.
August 10, 2016 No Comments
What to expect in equality law
BDBF considers some of the bigger changes expected in the coming months and years to equality law.
July 20, 2016 No Comments
