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Amendments to Sex Discrimination Act 1975 finally published
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 have finally been published and come into force on 6 April 2008. The Regulations make various changes to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 so that this now complies with the Equal Treatment Directive (76/207/EEC).Definition of sex harassmentThe Regulations expand the definition of sex harassment. Th...
News | 18 Mar 2008
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Changes to sex discrimination legislation - more info
The following changes to the sex discrimination legislation come into force from 6 April.The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008: amend the definition of discrimination on grounds of pregnancy or maternity to remove any element of comparison. There will be no requirement to compare the woman's treatment to that of a woman who is not pregnant or not on maternity leave; amend the definition of harassment to remove any elemen...
News | 1 Apr 2008
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6 April 2008: what are the changes to workplace legislation?
...6 April. Currently the legislation which gives employees the right to be informed and consulted about the business they work for only applies to businesses with more than 100 employees, so this extension will bring a large number of additional organisations under the remit of the Regulations. Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 There are four main amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act coming in this weekend: The definition of sex harassment has been expanded, meaning the person who feels their dignity has been violated or that some unwanted conduct creates an offensive and degrading environment need not be the primary ...
News analysis | 4 Apr 2008
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Simplified: pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008, which were published last week, will amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (SDA) following the finding of the High Court last year that this Act does not correctly implement the Equal Treatment Directive. In order to claim pregnancy/maternity discrimination under SDA section 3A, a woman currently...
News | 20 Mar 2008
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Centre exploring workplace behaviours is launched
...anisation, including: poor morale and poor employee relations; loss of respect for managers and supervisors; poor performance; lost productivity; absence; resignations; damage to company reputation; and tribunal and other court cases and awards of unlimited compensation. Under the provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008, which came into force on 6 April 2008, employers can now liable for acts committed by third parties.Employers are generally responsible in law for the acts of their employees unless it can be shown that the employer took such steps as were reasonably practicable to prevent the employee carrying...
News | 17 Sep 2008
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“Manned” to be banned by Chichester Council
...ed problems in the past – either with fellow employees or with the public – then they may consider such strict measures to be justified.”The issue of sexist – or indeed, of any form of inflammatory language – in the workplace, has been made more prominent following the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008, which came into force on 6 April this year. Under the changes brought in by Harriet Harman QC, an employer can be treated as subjecting a woman to harassment where a third party harasses her in the course of her employment but where the employer failed to take reasonable steps to stop this from ...
News | 27 Aug 2008
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Extended maternity rights – are you prepared?
...e relating to the request for flexible working. Workplace Law Group, Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE t 0871 777 8881 f 0871 777 8882 1 © Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Extended maternity rights are you prepared? Following the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 in April 2008 women whose babies are expected on or after 5 October 2008 will be entitled to the following: Same entitlements and benefits during AML as they enjoy during OML. While on compulsory maternity leave (this is the two-week period following childbirth) the right to payment of any bonus...
News analysis | 18 Aug 2008
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Calls for "outright ban" on dismissal of pregnant staff
...el. “Women have a lot to offer and there are business benefits of moving towards a more flexible workplace. That is something there is a huge demand for amongst employees and it is something that has been shown to make business sense.”Maternity rights are set to change this October 2008. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 grant a right to women whose expected week of childbirth begins on or after 5 October 2008 to the same terms and conditions during additional maternity leave as they currently enjoy during ordinary maternity leave. The Regulations will also allow a woman on maternity leave to claim discrimination...
News | 12 May 2008
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The sex issue
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace MAY 2006 ISSUE 17 Sex discrimination Sexual orientation discrimination HIV/AIDS discrimination Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2006
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...he Equality Bill. Its overriding purpose is to bring together an enormous plethora of laws, introduced piecemeal over the past 40 years, covering a range of discrimination relating to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy / maternity, race, religion / belief, sex and sexual orientation. What the proposed Bill will or will not achieve is a matter of much debate, not least from Workplace Law Network members who are horrified that the Bill includes the provision to expand the way "positive action can be used so that employers can pick someone for a job from an...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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"We don't serve wheelchairs"
...uch as the DRC, Commission for Racial Equality and Equal Opportunities Commission, which have now merged to form the EHRC. Sir Bert is of the opinion that this new commission will serve to address the human rights issues that crop up in all forms of discrimination -- whether it is disability, race, sex ... He says: "I think the one thing we can fight together, which comes across all strands of the new commission, is human rights. The old commissions didn't have very strong human rights powers. The new commission with its human rights powers and its duty to promote good relations might be able to ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jan 2008
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
...rative in a designated security sector in Scotland without a frontline SIA licence. It will also be an offence for security company managers and directors to operate without an SIA licence or to provide unlicensed operatives. 11050 DECEMBER n Deadline for implementation of regulations amending the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (SDA),which were due to come in to force on 1 October 2007. The Regulations were delayed to implement both the EU Gender Directive and aspects of the EU Equal Treatment Amendment Directive. A High Court judgement has found that the UK's sex discrimination laws do not adequat...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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H5N1 Bird Flu: Are you playing chicken with your company’s future?
...eractive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business 1 EVERY IN workplacelaw ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT FETY, w workplacelaw 2 CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Letters 07 Playing chicken with 08 your company's future? Sex Discrimination 13 Act 30 years on It could be you! 14 Fire: 10 key questions 18 Facilities Management Legal Update: 22 the year ahead Keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the l...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2006
