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The Equality Bill: Everything you need to know
...ons. The Equality Bill seems to be big news at the moment. What is it and why does it affect me? The Equality Bill is the biggest overhaul of anti-discrimination law in UK for 35 years. It has been designed to simplify existing and confusing anti-discrimination measures, including gender and disability discrimination. It will affect all employers because, whilst having been designed to make the law simpler, it will now make it much easier for individuals to bring complaints of discrimination if they feel they have been treated unfairly by their employer. Some of the changes to the law will mean e...
News analysis | 12 Apr 2010
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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
...s! Workplace Law members on BBC's Panorama programme: is now the time to stand up and be counted? Page 19 COST-CUTTING SpeCIal JUNE 2009 Issue 48 legal update: Updating contracts a way to save money? Page 26 posting successful results Controversial cuts: the Royal Mail story. Page 16 Comment Disability signage: who wants to grope a toilet door? Page 7 Challenge: First corporate manslaughter case hits the courtroom. Page 22 plus: Legal calendar | Comment The data | Clinic | Network News Case law and more ... Contents In this issue ... Disability EssEntiAl lAw AnD PrActicE One-day training cou...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace May 2005 RELIGIOUS BELIEF? To what extent should employers cater for all faiths? DOES EVERYONE KNOW THERE'S A FIRE? Disability discrimination meets health and safety SOUNDING OFF New Noise at Work Regulations MIGRANT WORKERS Are you exploiting illegal immigrants? Plus: Freedom of information, asbestos, vibration, business continuity IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS P8 06 07...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...ace equality legislation to not only simplify but "strengthen" the law. But what will that mean in practice, asks Claire Fuller? 10 LEGAL UPDATE Carbon Reduction Commitment 2010 and an explanation of how the Corporate Manslaughter Act addresses diseaserelated deaths. teCHNiCaL 30 ThE DATA EAT: Disability discrimination in that the employer had failed to make reasonable adjustments; and unfair dismissal for an unauthorised interview broadcast. HSE: Prosecutions for a fatality under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; and imprisonment for Gross Negligence Manslaughter 37 END NOTE Having a d...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...greeing whether global warming exists, and if so developing strategies for tackling it." 20 WORKING THROUGH THE PAIN BARRIER A controversial new report says that employees suffering with musculoskeletal disorders would be better off returning to work before they are 100% fit, rather than staying "Disability and fire regulations are the legal equivalent of motherhood and apple pie" Views on the Disability Discrimination Act, page 7 www.workplacelaw.net 3 Latest | Editorial Editorial Comment from the Editor ... Workplace Law Group Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE T. 087...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
...rt of all employers to check their contracts and procedures comply. 8871 8519 October 1st New anti-discrimination body A new Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) will be created on 1 October under the Equality Act 2006. Existing equality commissions Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), Disability Rights Commission (DRC) and Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) will merge to form the new CEHR. The CEHR will inherit the roles of the existing Commissions and have new powers to enforce anti-discrimination legislation more effectively and promote equality. In particular, its remit is to encourag...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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What is reasonable adjustment?
...SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Forum 07 Reasonable? 08 Check that you are ready for all the events and legal developments taking place in December '06 and January '07. Thoughts and opinions from Workplace Law Network members on a hot topic. In October 2004 Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act placed new responsibilities on service providers to ensure disabled people have equal access to services, but two years on it seems businesses don't really give a damn about whether their service is accessible or not. Where the US leads, Britain often follows -- yet when it comes...
Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2006
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Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?
...lacelaw CONTENTS P8 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Your opportunity to keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months 07 LETTERS Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their workplaces 16 08 DISABILITY ACCESS: IS IT BECOMING CLEAR YET? One year since the implementation of Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, we ask the experts for their views on the progress we've made and the future of the DDA 15 A FINE MESS Why do we bother fining companies for their health and safety failures, ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit
..., so why treat someone of a different sexual orientation to the same sort of abuse, asks Alan Masson P18 P14 MUDDLING ALONG Employers frustrated by an employee's inability to carry out seemingly simple tasks should ask themselves whether that employee could be dyslexic, before they face claims of disability discrimination, says Kelly Mansfield A PREGNANT PAUSE Workplace Law Magazine asks whether the Government's latest proposals to extend maternity leave are actually a step backwards for equal opportunities? EQUAL RIGHTS? Martin Brewer questions whether it is time that the introduction of rights in ...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005
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2005: getting to grips with the legal year ahead
...questionable. As Kathryn Gilbertson of Greenwoods Solicitors points out, `You'll always have responsible companies and others that fly by the seat of their pants.' Also high on the Government's agenda next year is the issue of discrimination. Perhaps most significant is the publication of the draft Disability Bill, which will force employers to reconsider their approach to mental illness in the workplace. The stigma attached to mental illnesses and a general lack of understanding have meant that the issue has been poorly dealt with in the past. But the removal of the requirement for mental conditions to...
Magazine issue | 15 Dec 2004
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Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?
Know-how to manage your workplace October 2004 Disability access Are you ready for 1 October? Love contracts Managing office romances Implementing disciplinary and grievance procedures Workplace disputes Face facts Holiday Inn's all-encompassing approach to DDA compliance Battling for hearts and minds How much do you really know about disability leg...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...that has seen Clive attend every conference for each of the last 11 years. We even let him come free for the 10th year as a gesture of goodwill!" Changes Looking back over the years, there are recurring themes, and one topic that many in FM were very concerned about was the impact of changes to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in 2005, and in particular the physical adjustments to a building under Part III of the Act. The fact that service providers are `required to take reasonable steps to modify physical features of premises that make it impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill
...rning from the EAT that those who attempt to exploit regulations for financial gain may be expected to pay costs themselves. The claimant, Mr Berry, who has brought over ET 60 claims within the last three years, had all four of his current cases dismissed by the EAT. Many of the claims were for age discrimination. Mr Berry, 54, found job advertisements containing terms such as 'recent graduate' or 'school leaver'. Although he didn't actually apply for the jobs he lodged claims using the Government's free online tribunal service, alleging that the advertisements discriminate on the grounds of age. He then of...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
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Equality Bill: key elements and timescale
...ions are highly controversial and some view them as social engineering by the back door." Some of the key issues of the Act are: Harmonisation and extension of discrimination law. The prohibition in directly or indirectly discriminating 'because of a protected characteristic' will cover age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and, in many but not all instances, marriage and civil partnerships. 'Disability related' discrimination will be replaced with a prohibition on discriminating against a disabled person by treating them unfavourably where t...
News | 7 Apr 2010
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Fit note guidance for employers published
...a change or adjustment the GP's advice on the statement will be evidence that an individual has a condition which prevents them carrying out their current role. Employers who work with occupational health practitioners may disagree with the GP's advice. If the employee's condition constitutes a disability, under the Disability Discrimination Act – to be replaced with provisions in the Equality Bill, currently going through Parliament – the employer will have a duty to make reasonable adjustments in any event. "An area that is already seen as complex may become more complicated still. Ho...
News | 19 Feb 2010
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...re.fuller@workplacelaw.net 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... mAy 2009 The full text of the Equality Bill is due to be published. The Bill is set to `declutter' discrimination law, creating a "single statute to replace the complex web of legislation over the years," and will be written in plain English so that those who need to comply with it "can see the wood for the trees". 15380 JuNE 2009 A consultation on proposals to amend the pregnant Workers Directive comes to an...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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“Britain’s got talent”: EHRC on the Equality Bill
...every corner of this diverse nation contributes to rebuilding our economy. Britain’s got talent – but we can’t leave it to Simon Cowell to find it all.” The Bill will simplify legislation, improve public services, help business perform, extend protection to a wide range of groups that face discrimination and help Britain become a fairer society. “The facts tell us we mustn’t assume that progress will happen without legislation. In two years time just 20% of the workforce will be made up of white, non-disabled men. Our failure to open up employment opportunities to disabled people costs us £...
News | 27 Apr 2009
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
...n in this case that an individual's retirement on ill health grounds is actually a termination by mutual agreement. As a result, the employee does not fall into any of these three categories and is technically unable to bring a claim for unfair dismissal at all. · theemployeeisstill able to claim disability discrimination and, in particular, failure to make reasonable adjustments (although Miss Miller herself failed in this claim on the facts of this case); and Mace & Jones 18729 · itisstillimportantfor employers to ensure that their paperwork makes it very clear that an ill health retirement is ag...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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Harman: employment legislation must be de-cluttered!
...quality Bill."Further details on the Equality Bill, which is expected to be introduced into the next Parliamentary session, starting in November, will be published in the summer. The Equality Bill will replace the Equal Pay Act 1970, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Race Relations Act 1976, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Part 2 Equality Act 2006, the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, and the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007, plus other anc...
News | 3 Jun 2008
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Equality Bill: full details announced in House of Commons
Minister for Equalities Harriet Harman made an oral statement to the House of Commons today (26 June), outlining the key issues to be tackled in the new Equality Bill.The Equality Bill is set to ‘declutter’ discrimination law, creating a “single statute to replace the complex web of legislation over the years” and will be written in plain English so that those who need to comply with it “can see the wood for the trees”. It is also going to strengthen certain aspects of discrimination legislation that, for on...
News | 26 Jun 2008
