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Unfair dismissal qualifying period and tribunal fees
Jayn Bond, Head of Human Resources at Workplace Law, discusses the recent announcement that the qualification period for the right to claim unfair dismissal will be extended from to one to two year... | audio | 5 Oct 2011 2:17PM

International Women's Day: equality for all?
On International Women's Day, Ali Moran, HR Consultant at Workplace Law, speaks to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about whether women have yet achieved equality in the workplace. | audio | 8 Mar 2011 4:44PM

Inclusion: it's not about designing for disabled people!
Professor Keith Bright - an expert in access issues - discusses the impending Equality Bill, its potential impact on access issues, and the need for a new attitude towards design that includes ever... | audio | 11 Jul 2008 4:57PM

Workplace violence: prevention and cure
Sue Frith, Deputy Head of the NHS Security Management Service, talks to Workplace Law Network's Douglas Kitson about how the NHS is working to manage violence against staff. | audio | 6 Jun 2008 12:54PM

Briefing

Public Sector Equality Duty
The new public sector equality duty contained in the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 5 April 2011. It imposes some new requirements on public bodies and failure to comply with it could result ... | briefing | 1 Jun 2011 11:40AM

Breastfeeding and the workplace
Returning to work can be a major barrier to breastfeeding; indeed, work is one of the most common reason mothers with babies over six weeks old stop breastfeeding. However, the Department of Health... | briefing | 18 Oct 2007 1:41PM

Equality Act
The Equality Act 2010 distils and extends existing legislation in order to provide a more consistent and effective legal framework for preventing discrimination. Its key provisions include the foll... | briefing | 1 Mar 2011 11:25AM

Maternity rights
This briefing goes back to basics and sets out the key statutory rights pregnant employees and new mothers now enjoy alongside the responsibilities that employers of all sizes should be aware of. T... | briefing | 22 Feb 2008 4:41PM

Gender equality in the workplace
A generation ago, the Sex Discrimination Act and the Equal Pay Act made great advances towards achieving gender equality in the workplace. However, today the equal treatment of women at work is sti... | briefing | 20 Nov 2007 3:38PM

Case

Tribunal should adjourn for sick claimant
In a recent decision the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided that an Employment Tribunal should have adjourned a hearing for a second time when the claimant was ill.  The claimant in... | case | 20 Jan 2012 9:40AM

The Supreme Court to consider compulsory retirement case
The Supreme Court hearing of the Seldon case starts today, the outcome of which will afford some guidance regarding the interpretation of the abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA), where it... | case | 17 Jan 2012 1:07PM

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&rs... | case | 10 Jan 2012 8:28AM

Doctor awarded record £4.5 million compensation
A doctor who was dismissed from her job as an obstetrician at Pontefract General Infirmary has been awarded a record £4.5 million in compensation for unfair dismissal and race and sex di... | case | 19 Dec 2011 9:03AM

Wearing a poppy not a protected belief
It was recently decided at a pre-hearing review that an employee’s belief that a poppy should be worn as a mark of respect from All Souls Day until Remembrance Sunday was not a philosophical ... | case | 12 Dec 2011 9:22AM

Case review

Ruda v. Tei
In Ruda v. Tei, several aspects of the employee’s case failed but he was successful in his claim that the nickname ‘Borat’ was racial harassment. The Employment Tribunal found tha... | case review | 23 Aug 2011 12:33PM

O'Reilly v. British Broadcasting Corporation and another (2010)
Ms O'Reilly was one of the presenters of Countryfile. The programme was moved in the TV schedule from a daytime to primetime slot. However, Ms O'Reilly was not asked to ‘move forward’ t... | case review | 19 Nov 2010 4:35PM

Nicholson v. Grainger PLC (2009)
Tim Nicholson was an executive for the giant property company, Grainger. He was a former Environmental Policy Officer and worked at the time as Head of Sustainability at Grainger. Whilst on a busi... | case review | 3 Nov 2009 4:25PM

Eweida v. British Airways (2010)
Ms Eweida was employed by British Airways plc. She was placed on unpaid leave after refusing to cover up a crucifix that hung around her neck, which breached the company’s uniform policy. Fo... | case review | 20 Aug 2010 3:17PM

Eversheds Legal Services Ltd v. Mr J. De Belin (2011)
The Claimant was one of two associates working in Eversheds' Leeds office as part of their Real Estate Investor Team. The other associate was a Ms Reinholz. In September 2008 it was decided that on... | case review | 6 Apr 2011 2:07PM

Ebulletin

A Major Boost to Workers’ Rights
[subject - Members E-bulletin 142, 27 July 2004] 27 July 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 141 of your weekl... | ebulletin | 27 Jul 2004 4:57PM

Blair to Announce Inquiry into ‘Sexism in the City’
[subject - Members E-bulletin 141, 20 July 2004] 20 July 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 141 of your weekl... | ebulletin | 20 Jul 2004 4:55PM

Workplace Law on the Move!
[subject - Members E-bulletin 138, 30 June 2004] 30 June 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 138 of your weekl... | ebulletin | 30 Jun 2004 4:48PM

Promoting Equality in the Workplace
[subject - Members E-bulletin 137, 21 June 2004] 21 June 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 137 of your weekl... | ebulletin | 21 Jun 2004 4:47PM

Disability Discrimination Guidance Released
[subject - Members E-bulletin 133, 18 May 2004] 18 May 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 133 of your weekly ... | ebulletin | 18 May 2004 4:40PM

Factsheet

Childcare provisions
 All three- and four-year-olds are entitled to 12.5 hours’ free early education per week in nurseries, playgroups, pre-schools, children’s centres or at their childminders, for... | Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 6:20AM

Bullying and harassment
The Government has estimated that employers’ failure to tackle the root cause of bullying in the workplace costs the UK economy £13.75bn a year. According to HSE reports... | Factsheet | 14 Sep 2007 4:20PM

Discrimination
Age discrimination occurs across the age range, although it is most common at the younger and older age ranges, particularly under 25 and over 50. In a recent CIPD survey 59% o... | Factsheet | 17 Oct 2007 5:37PM

HIV and AIDS
There are approximately 80,000 adults in the UK living with HIV. It is not known what proportion of those will progress to AIDS and the incubation period between infection and onset of AIDS ... | Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 12:20PM

Disability legislation
It is estimated that disabled people spend around £40bn a year on goods and services.There are over two million disabled people in employment in the UK.Although 7... | Factsheet |

Guide

Guide to Flexible Working 2008
Research published in March 2007 estimated that the British economy was losing £2.5 billion per year (equating to £1,500 per worker) as a result of poor productivity arising from employ... | Guide | 22 Aug 2007 9:49AM

Magazine issue

Face facts: how much do you really know about disability legislation?
The very first issue of Workplace Law Magazine coincides with the 1 October 2004 deadline for compliance with Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). The requirements of Part III... | Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2004 11:29AM

Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
Is it the employer's responsibility to cater for all employees' faiths in the workplace? And if the answer is yes, then what, exactly, constitutes a religious belief? Unfortunately, religion isn't... | Magazine issue | 1 May 2005 3:14PM

Perk of the job? Managing the risks faced by loneworkers
According to the RAC Foundation, four million people now work from home or act as ‘mobile workers’ — meaning there are an increasing number of people working alone. And there are ... | Magazine issue | 5 Jun 2008 10:54AM

Identity charade
When recruiting, should you pick the person who has the right skills and experience for the job, or concentrate on getting the right ‘mix’ of ‘types’ of employee – the... | Magazine issue | 3 Sep 2008 9:53AM

Evacuation versus invacuation
Whenever we address issues around fire and disability, and what happens when the two things come together, I am reminded of a scene in the BBC2 television series, The Office. In the scene an overze... | Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008 5:13PM

Network news

Countdown to the UK's biggest Compliance event for FM
There are now just seven weeks to go until the UK's biggest compliance event for facilities managers – Workplace Law's 12th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner &... | network news | 15 Feb 2011 4:54PM

Fire safety and disability guidance launched
Workplace Law’s Fire and Disability 2008: Special Report was launched today. The report, which is available as a PDF download, aims to provide responsible persons with all the information t... | network news | 9 Aug 2007 12:00AM

Racial and religious discrimination in the workplace
 Racial and Religious Discrimination 2007 White Paper New guidance has been produced by Workplace Law Network to help employers... | network news | 4 May 2007 12:00AM

Workplace Law launches new CIPD professional training courses
Workplace Law Training has launched two new CIPD courses for HR and Personnel professionals. These new qualifications add to Workplace Law’s portfolio of accredited training courses and offer... | network news | 18 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Dates announced for final Fire Safety Conference of 2005
Following the huge demand, for the Fire Safety Conference 2005, Workplace Law Training will be running one final conference this year on 1 December 2005. The Fire Safety Conference 2005 looks in d... | network news | 8 Nov 2005 12:00AM

News

Retirement and Tribunal rules top 'red tape' concerns
Employment lawyers at Irwin Mitchell are reporting a significant rise in the number of enquiries from businesses in relation to the impact of the abolishment of the default retirement age and ... | news | 31 Jan 2012 12:34PM

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 fr... | news | 18 Jan 2012 9:03AM

Promoting diversity 'makes business sense'
By extending your diversity and inclusion objectives through your supply chain, you will build a better business. This was the message of leading FM supplier, MITIE, in a recent issue brief release... | news | 11 Jan 2012 9:24AM

Job sharing could help retain top female talent
Nearly two-thirds of senior women say they would like the opportunity to job share and nine out of ten say that having the ability to job share could mean the difference between staying with a comp... | news | 30 Nov 2011 9:00AM

Executives’ high pay ‘corrosive’
The high salaries of top executives are “corrosive” to the economy, the High Pay Commission has said. In a new report – Cheques With Balances: Why tackling high pay is in the nat... | news | 22 Nov 2011 9:58AM

News analysis

Losing our religion: religious discrimination and the Genuine Occupational Requirement
All discrimination legislation provides for Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) to be a defence to discrimination. This allows employers in certain circumstances to discriminate against applican... | news analysis | 2 Jun 2008 1:15PM

Employers retiring employees at 65 at risk of age discrimination
The Age Concern Heyday challenge to the UK’s statutory retirement age of 65 has been heard by European judges this month after the High Court referred the case the European Court of Justice i... | news analysis | 21 Jul 2008 2:22PM

Conflict of discriminations?
As the number of grounds upon which discrimination is prohibited increases, so too does the potential for those grounds to conflict with each other. This issue has been touched upon previously by t... | news analysis | 1 Aug 2008 12:20PM

Justifying discrimination and the importance of proportionality
Two recent Employment Appeal Tribunal cases, MacCulloch v. Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (2008), and Loxley v. BAE Systems Land Systems (2008), have highlighted the importance of proportionality... | news analysis | 13 Aug 2008 3:41PM

Extended maternity rights – are you prepared?
Maternity rights for women have gradually been extended since the Labour Government came into power in 1997. Following the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulation... | news analysis | 18 Aug 2008 2:37PM

Official guidance

Stress and mental health at work
In this factsheet:  What is work-related stress? The legal position Dealing with stress at work Dealing with mental health in the workplace CIPD viewpoint Useful contacts References ... | official guidance | 1 Aug 2011 3:48PM

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 rea... | official guidance | 1 Dec 2011 3:41PM

Equality Act 2010
In this factsheet:  Background to the Equality Act 2010. What does the Equality Act 2010 do? Key concepts. Significant changes from previous discrimination law. Equality and Human Right... | official guidance | 1 Oct 2010 10:51AM

Default retirement age
In this factsheet: The default retirement age. Removal of the default retirement age. Justifying a retirement age when the DRA is removed. Reviewing the management of older employees. Action... | official guidance | 1 Oct 2011 10:23AM

Inclusive service provision. Requirements for identifying and responding to consumer vulnerability.
In May 2011, a major bank was fined £17m for mis-selling financial products to vulnerable consumers, and for then not handling their complaints fairly. You're probably keen to avoid mak... | official guidance | 1 Nov 2010 11:21AM

Policy & Procedure

Age Equality and Retirement Policy and Management Guide v2.0
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006: ban age discrimination in terms of recruitment, promotion and training; ban unjustified retirement ages of below 65; and remove the current age limit... | Policy & Procedure |

Non-contractual Adoption Policy and Management Guide, v2.0
"Family friendly” provisions came into force on 6 April 2003 and by a series of Regulations introduced a number of new rights for parents, such as the right to request flexible working, ... | Policy & Procedure |

Equal Opportunities Policy and Management Guide, version 3.0
Equal Opportunities policies are becoming ever more important in today’s increasingly multicultural, multiracial society. The purpose of this policy is to set out the obligations on both the ... | Policy & Procedure |

Regulation

Agency Workers Regulations 2010
The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 came into force on 1 October 2011. The Regulations are intended to give effect to the Temporary Agency Workers Directive 2008/104/EC, which was published on 5 De... | Regulation | 1 Oct 2011 2:44PM

Asylum and Immigration Act 1996
Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 makes it a criminal offence to employ someone who is not entitled to live and work in the UK. Employers and individual managers can face fines of up... | Regulation | 24 Jul 1996 3:41PM

Work and Families Act 2006
The Work and Families Act 2006 came into force on 21 June 2006. Its main provisions include:   Extending Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Maternity Allowance and Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)... | Regulation | 21 Jun 2006 3:21PM

Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
The Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 came into force on 1 October 2002 and provide statutory protection for fixed-term employees. The Regulations stat... | Regulation | 16 Sep 2000 8:16PM

National Minimum Wage Act 1998
The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 came into force on 1 April 1999. It provides for a single national minimum wage with no variations by region, occupation or size of company. It covers all relevan... | Regulation | 16 Sep 1998 11:19AM

Special report

Occupational Health 2008: Making the business case - special report
Absence - what's the cost to your business? In June 2007 the Department for Work and Pensions announced that the UK loses 175 million working days each year to sickness-related absence, costing the... | Special report | 28 Nov 2007 1:33PM

Fire and Disability 2008: Special Report
Every workplace in the UK should know how to provide for the access and egress of all disabled people that may work or visit their premises. The Fire and Disability 2008: Special Report f... | Special report | 9 Aug 2007 10:53AM

Video - Documentary

Employment Tribunals in focus
This short film takes you through the Employment Tribunal process, inlcuding a look at a real claim and with valuable insights from Workplace Law's Head of Human Resources, Jayn Bond, who also sits... | Video - Documentary | 16 Jun 2011 11:06AM

Dealing with disability
Jayn Bond interviews Mike Hare, Architect, who was the innocent victim in a car accident on his way home from work. Mike talks about his experience and the challenges he has faced since in order to... | Video - Documentary | 8 Jun 2010 10:30AM

Discipline and suspension
What does it feel like to be suspended?Jayn Bond interviews Jenna, HR Manager, about her own personal experience of being on a disciplinary suspension. Jenna talks about the emotional impact and ho... | Video - Documentary | 11 May 2010 12:16PM

Video - News

Weekly news 19-25 January 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; the launch of a mediation pilot scheme, an update on changes to the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal, occupational he... | Video - News | 25 Jan 2012 12:10PM

Weekly news 12-16 September 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; changes to RIDDOR reporting, proposed amendments to the Legal Aid Bill, an update on the Agency Workers Directive, a European case r... | Video - News | 19 Sep 2011 3:01PM

Weekly news 26-30 September 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; proposals for increasing the qualifying period for bringing unfair dismissal claims, a Court of Appeal decision affecting employers ... | Video - News | 3 Oct 2011 8:43AM

Weekly news 10-14 October 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; Workplace Law partnering BIFM for Th!nkFM 2012, an update on tribunal fees and claims, the Environmental Audit Committee commenting on... | Video - News | 17 Oct 2011 3:14PM

Weekly news 24-28 October 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; a shake-up of the regulatory authorities, talking with older workers without fear of age discrimination, making it easier for busine... | Video - News | 31 Oct 2011 12:23PM

Video - Seminar

Discrimination: office banter
When should jokey banter be taken seriously?   Is HR being a 'party pooper' or trying to protect your business?   As an employer do you appreciate that you are running major risks if ... | Video - Seminar | 27 Apr 2010 2:13PM

Maternity and paternity provisions
Are you up to date with the current maternity, paternity and adoption provisions? How about the changes that come into force in April 2011?   If not then this is the ideal seminar for you. ... | Video - Seminar | 25 May 2010 9:51AM

The Equality Act
Are you ready for the changes that come into force in October this year with the new Equality Act? In this FREE online seminar Suzanne McMinn, HR Consultant at Workplace Law, aims to giv... | Video - Seminar | 7 Sep 2010 10:06AM

Agency Workers Regulations and recent Tribunal decisions on workplace banter
The Agency Workers Regulations came into force on 1 October 2011. Do you use Agency temps? Do they stay as long as 12 weeks? Have you considered what action you need to take?   When is jokin... | Video - Seminar | 10 Oct 2011 9:15AM

What the papers say

The John Lewis bottom slapper
For decades it has enjoyed a reputation as the respectable department store of choice for the middle classes. But John Lewis was yesterday revealed as the unlikely setting for a rumpus that coul... | what the papers say | 7 Feb 2011 5:04PM

Diane Abbott: I was not beneficiary of positive discrimination
Diane Abbott has denied being a beneficiary of positive discrimination after becoming the first member of an ethnic minority to formally stand for the Labour leadership. The Telegraph. Mor... | what the papers say | 9 Jun 2010 5:52PM

Sex life of fruit bat lands lecturer in hot water
An academic who was accused of sexual harassment after showing a female colleague a research paper on oral sex among fruit bats has been ordered to undergo a two-year 'monitoring and counselling'... | what the papers say | 18 May 2010 4:56PM

Disgraced expenses MP, Margaret Moran, faces race discrimination case from former employees
Margaret Moran, who claimed £22,500 on her parliamentary expenses for dry rot treatment at a house 100 miles from her constituency, faces allegations of race discrimination by three of her fo... | what the papers say | 18 Jan 2010 11:08AM

One armed dad loses unfair dismissal case
A MAN with one arm who took on supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has lost his fight for compensation. Warehouse worker Anthony Parker, who lost his arm in a motorcycle accident, was seeking a fiv... | what the papers say | 31 Oct 2008 10:39AM

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