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Age-related discrimination still rife
Research published by the Department for Work and Pensions shows that age-related discrimination and stereotyping remain rooted in British society. The findings, which are based on new analysis from the ONS Opinions Survey, revealed that over a third of respondents had been shown age-related prejudice in the last year, with experiences of age discrimination more prevalent amongst younger grou...
News | 18 Jan 2012
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NHS Trust fined £933,000 for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal
Central Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is to pay £933,000 in compensation for the racial discrimination and unfair dismissal of a former NHS divisional director. Elliot Browne’s 34-year long career in the NHS came to end in 2008, following the trust’s ‘discriminatory treatment from 2007 onwards’, an Employment Tribunal has ruled. The Tribunal awarded Mr Browne, aged 55, whose health was ‘...
Case | 10 Jan 2012
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Sex discrimination, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and employment
In this factsheet: What is sex, sexual orientation or gender reassignment discrimination? The legal position Good employment practices CIPD viewpoint Useful contacts References Further reading
Official guidance | 1 Dec 2011
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Directors personally liable for discrimination compensation
The EAT has recently ruled that two directors were personally liable to pay compensation for discrimination. They were found to be jointly and severally liable, together with the employer, to pay compensation and aggravated damages for discrimination. As the employer went into liquidation after the compensation was awarded, the directors were left liable for the full amount. The case of Bungay and Pau...
Case | 3 Nov 2011
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Animal rights activist wins discrimination case
...ed him because of his belief. It was the first case to consider whether a belief in the sanctity of life and in particular anti-hunting beliefs are protected by the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, designed to protect individuals holding genuine philosophical beliefs from discrimination on the grounds of their beliefs. At an earlier hearing on 10 January 2011 the Tribunal had already decided that a belief in the sanctity of life extending to Mr Hashman’s “fervent anti-fox hunting belief (and also his anti-hare coursing belief) constitute a philosophical belief for the purpose...
Case | 28 Oct 2011
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Unfair dismissal rules could discriminate against women
A lawyer has warned that the Government’s increase of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from one year to two years could have some unexpected consequences. Jonathan Exten-Wright, a partner and employment expert at DLA Piper, said the law could be challenged on the grounds of discrimination...
News | 5 Oct 2011
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Forcibly retiring pilots at 60 was age discrimination
...y. Reinhard Prigge, Michael Fromm and Volker Lambach were employed for many years by Deutsche Lufthansa as pilots then flight captains. When they reached 60 years of age their employment contracts terminated automatically, in accordance with a collective agreement. They brought a claim for age discrimination. The Federal Labour Court in Germany asked the Court of Justice whether a collective agreement which provides for an age limit of 60 for airline pilots for the purposes of air safety is compatible with EU law. The Court found that collective agreements must, as with the national laws of the Memb...
Case | 14 Sep 2011
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Borat nickname was race discrimination
...stan. The Tribunal heard that the engineer, named as Mr Ruda, regularly responded to the nickname by saying “I love you” but he denied this was because it was associated with the Borat character. The Tribunal found that the engineer, who worked for Tei Ltd, had been a victim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and that someone who was not perceived to be of Eastern European origin would not have had the nickname applied to them. The amount of compensation to be awarded will be decided at a later hearing.
Case | 24 Aug 2011
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First caste discrimination case being heard at tribunal
An Indian couple have brought the first claim of caste discrimination in the UK, under the Equality Act 2010. Law firm manager. Vijay Begraj and his wife. Amardeep, a solicitor at the same firm, claim they lost their jobs because managers were against their marriage. Vijay belonged to the Dalits – seen as the lowest people in India's caste system and once called...
Case | 19 Aug 2011
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EHRC launches consultation on discrimination cases
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a consultation on its submission to the European Court of Human Rights on four religious discrimination cases it was recently granted permission to intervene in. The cases are those of: Lillian Ladele, a registrar who refused to perform civil partnerships because of her religious beliefs. Gary McFarlane, who was sacked after raising concerns about giving gay couples sexual advice in his job as...
News | 17 Aug 2011
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Employer found to have discriminated against diabetic employee
...t plan, which he was told he wouldn't pass. It is alleged that when Mr. Bailey refused to leave, he was subjected to a technical assessment for poor performers. However, the AA has denied this. The Employment Tribunal unanimously held that Mr Bailey had been subjected to direct disability discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, harassment and a failure to make reasonable adjustments because of his disability. Paul Grafton, GMB Regional Officer, who supported the claim on behalf of Mr. Bailey, said: “This should show other staff at AA that there is an alternative to being ‘...
Case | 2 Aug 2011
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Autistic employee awarded £1.3m in disability discrimination case
An autistic senior member of staff at a law firm has settled a disability discrimination claim for £1.3m, understood to be one of the largest settlements reached for this form of discrimination. The case was settled under a confidential agreement but the employee’s solicitor from Bindmans says that the City firm has promised to implement internal training and policies educati...
Case | 1 Aug 2011
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Disability discrimination claim dismissed over lack of information
The EAT has dismissed a disability discrimination claim on the grounds that the employee did not provide the employer with enough information. Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP reports that Ms Wilcox was employed by Birmingham CAB Services Ltd. CAB requested that she relocate to a different branch, and Ms Wilcox refused. Unknown to CAB, the r...
Case | 1 Aug 2011
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Stroke patient awarded £400,000 for disability discrimination
A man who was dismissed from his job following a stroke has been awarded nearly £400,000 in compensation for disability discrimination. This is thought to be the third-highest award to date for disability discrimination and the highest award ever in Wales. Mr Jonathan Jones was branch manager for Jewson Ltd in Cardigan, West Wales, when in April 2009 he suffered a severe stroke. Prior to the stroke, Mr Jones' lawyer said he had b...
Case | 13 Jul 2011
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Employee refused time off to visit mosque was not discriminated against
...uation of the contract at risk. The respondent suggested that it could alter the claimant’s working pattern to Monday to Thursday, with the option to work either a Saturday or Sunday. The claimant was not prepared to accept this arrangement. The claimant brought a claim of indirect religious discrimination, on the basis that his employer’s requirement for him to remain on site put him at a disadvantage as a practising Muslim. His claim was dismissed by the Employment Tribunal. The EAT agreed that the respondent could justify the requirement that the claimant remained on site on a Friday, and th...
Case | 31 May 2011
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Part-time female police inspector discriminated against on pay
...iod. She was paid for 32 hours per week, even in weeks where she worked longer hours. This meant that if she and a full-time inspector both worked the same number of hours in excess of 32 hours, the full-time Inspector received a higher hourly rate of pay. The Court identified that this was sex discrimination because the overwhelming majority (96%) of part-time inspectors serving in the Metropolitan Police were women, whilst the overwhelming majority (86%) of full-time Inspectors were men. The Court also said that this was contrary to Police Regulations, which govern the payment of full and part-time...
Case | 27 May 2011
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Career-long discrimination compensation award reduced
The Court of Appeal has reduced a career-long discrimination compensation award, finding that an employer only has to compensate a former employee up to the point where it is likely that the individual would have found an equivalent job. In the case of Wardle v. Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank ('Calyon'), the Court of Appeal found that the Emp...
Case | 13 May 2011
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Government to review compensation for discrimination claims
The Government has announced that it will review key areas of employment law, including compensation for discrimination, collective redundancy consultation and TUPE. Ministers said they want to look at the issue of compensation for discrimination because of concerns raised by some employers about the high sums awarded by Employment Tribunals. The review has also been brought on by complaints from employers that ...
News | 11 May 2011
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A third of female lawyers have been discriminated against
... solicitors feel they have been discriminated against, compared to just 17% of male solicitors. The number of female solicitors feeling discriminated against rose to 43% for women who were partners and 42% for female associates and assistants. Female lawyers surveyed gave examples of "blatant discrimination" – such as earning a lower salary than less experienced male colleagues and being made redundant while on maternity leave. Others said the profession was a ‘boys’ club’ which was hard to infiltrate and that networking events were geared towards men. Some said that women were at a disadva...
News | 26 Apr 2011
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Tribunal reform 'would increase discrimination claims’
Government plans to extend the qualifying period for protection against unfair dismissal from one year to two will lead to more discrimination claims, cause extra confusion for employers and staff, and add to the workload of an already over-stretched Tribunal Service, the TUC has said today in its submission to the Government's review of the Employment Tribunal system. It also says that young people, ethnic minorities and female p...
News | 19 Apr 2011
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