One controversial part of the Equality Act 2010 was s40 which covered third party harassment and the liability for employers to their staff when third parties harass them in the work place. This section will be repealed on 1st October 2013, albeit in the transitional provisions acts of harassment which occur before 1st October 2013 […]
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Sex Discrimination during pregnancy
ACAS have written an interesting article today concerning discrimination women face both during pregnancy and after childbirth. The article highlights the results of a survey carried out by another employment law firm which showed that 51% of the 2000 women surveyed felt that attitudes towards them changed when they became pregnant and 66% felt that since […]
Redundancy criteria and discrimination
In a recent ECJ case, the Claimant was a legal adviser in a Latvian Government post who took parental leave from November 2007 to May 2009. Before she returned the department was reorganised and a redundancy situation occurred. The employer needed to select one of the four employees for redundancy. It devised criteria based on […]
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