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Victory in Birmingham brings equal pay another step closer
David Jones/PA By Chris Benson It was a great day for equality. The supreme court judgment on Wednesday that equal pay claims can be heard in civil courts effectively means that they can be brought up...
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Cap on Compensatory Award for Unfair Dismissal
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills announced last week that it is intending to introduce a cap on the unfair dismissal compensatory award of twelve months’ pay. The current overall cap...
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Response to Eweida & ors: what it means for religion in the workplace
The ECtHR in Eweida & ors held that the right of religious employees to manifest their religious beliefs must not undermine the rights of other workers. There is no hierarchy of rights: to hold...
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A “burden” of female doctors?
At a time when we should be applauding the increasing number of women entering the medical profession, the Tory MP Anne McIntosh caused a significant stir last week by claiming the large number of...
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Women in the Workplace: BIS Report
There is a workplace designed by men for men, so says the Women and Equalities Minister the Rt Hon Maria Miller MP when giving evidence to the Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee in January...
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Wrong Age(ism)
According to at least one commentator the newly appointed Director of Football at Newcastle United is “the wrong age for modern football”. The story comes hot on the heels of Mr McCririck’s widely...
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Part-timers, ball-breakers and the mummy track
20 years ago us feminists were fighting the battle for women – yes mothers – to work fewer hours and using sex discrimination law to do so. I wrote a book in 1998 ‘Legal rights to child-friendly...
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Tribunal fees, this much we don’t know
The biggest changes to Employment Law for decades came into force on 29th July 2013. From this date people wishing to make a claim against their employer had to pay fees of up to £1200 to make a claim...
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The world (as it is) is not enough
I’ve been reading with interest about the recent judgment of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the case of Nyusti and Takacs v Hungary. The case was brought by two people...
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Progress for 38 Degrees and Leigh Day on Zero Hours Contracts
The zero hours controversy rumbles on, with politicians of all hues determined to show that they are ‘very concerned’ and that ‘something must be done’. However, as is often the case, it seems that...
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