Gender Neutral Insults – Taking All Reasonable Steps In considering whether a transgender employee had been subject to discrimination, the Employment Tribunal has stated that the term ‘w****r’ is not a gender-neutral term and that using such a term towards a...
Subject Access Requests – The Relentless Rise In recent years, employers have seen an overwhelming rise in data subject access requests (‘DSARs’) from their employees as a tactical move in workplace disputes and this is only set to continue. Responding to DSARs...
Menopause, Menstrual Health and Workplace Policies Last week, the British Standards Institution (BSI) celebrated the launch of its new guidance aimed at supporting employers to better retain experienced employees by enabling them to prioritise the needs of those...
Government names and shames over NMW Last week the government published a list naming and shaming over 200 employers for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage (‘NMW’) to 63,000 workers, amounting to a combined underpayment of almost £5 million. Among them were some...
Preparing for Family Friendly Workplaces Several long-awaited pieces of legislation aimed at creating a more family friendly workplace received Royal Assent last week and once in force, these will extend the current period of redundancy protection for parents, allow...
Can farfetched allegations still constitute sexual harassment at work? Sexual harassment is where someone engages in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature and the conduct has the purpose or effect of violating another person’s dignity or creating an intimidating,...
How Can Employers Close the #Genderpaygap? Six Years – No Progress On 4 April, the deadline for gender pay gap reporting passed for private sector employers. Analysis of the 2022 data suggests that despite these reporting requirements being mandatory for employers...
Can an employee be dismissed for being late? A security guard with dyslexia and Asperger’s syndrome suffered disability discrimination when he was dismissed for his persistent lateness, the Employment Tribunal has found. Background Raymond Bryce, a relief security...
