Is Channel 4 the trailblazer for menopause at work policies? The menopause is a topical subject at the moment for employers. You may have noticed a lot of publicity around Channel 4’s recent decision to implement a menopause policy. Channel 4 has been transparent...
Tribunal Awards Record Disability Discrimination Award In the case of Barrow v Kellogg Brown and Root (UK) Ltd, the Employment Tribunal has awarded £2.5million in a record discrimination award, the second largest disability discrimination award ever made by the...
Addison Lee Worker Status In the recent case of Addison Lee Ltd v Lange and others [2021] EWCA Civ 594, Addison Lee sought to distinguish the Uber decision in relation to worker status (a summary of which can be found here. Summary The recent Supreme Court decision in...
Is a dismissal for refusing to attend work for COVID reasons automatically unfair? In the recent case of Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd, the Claimant did not have the required two years’ service to bring an ordinary unfair dismissal claim but was able to bring an...
Strike out orders in the Employment Tribunal Employment Tribunals have the power to strike out a claim at any stage if the case has no reasonable prospects of success. In the recent case of Cox v Adecco, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found that an Employment...
Shared Parental Leave Sex Discrimination Claim Can a man on Shared Parental Leave use a woman on Adoption Leave as a comparator in a sex discrimination claim? The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in Price v Powys County Council says not. The Decision in...
