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Category Archives: Equality Act
Workers’ Rights and the EU
The annoying thing about the debate that has blown up over the weekend about workers’ rights post Brexit is that it rarely gets down to specifics. Take the Financial Times story on Friday. It referred to the possibility of divergence … Continue reading
Posted in BREXIT, Equal pay, Equality Act, EU law, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrea Leadsom, Larry Elliot, Lexiter
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Of course vegans are protected by the Equality Act!
A vegan is claiming discrimination after being sacked from his job at the League Against Cruel Sports. The emphasis of the BBC story is on whether or not Mr Casamitjana’s beliefs will be protected under the Equality Act as a philosophical … Continue reading
Posted in Equality Act, Uncategorized
Tagged discrimination, league against cruel sports, philosophical belief, vegan
2 Comments
Supreme Court finds no discrimination in ‘gay cake’ case
Well I think the Supreme Court got it right – probably. In Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd they hold that there was no discrimination when a bakery refused to bake a cake for a customer bearing the slogan ‘support … Continue reading
Iceland, equal pay and enforcing the gender pay gap regulations
So the internet informs me that Iceland has become the first country in the world to make it illegal to pay men more than women. Iceland has not, of course, passed a law saying that it is illegal for an … Continue reading
Posted in Equal pay, Equality Act, gender pay gap, Uncategorized
Tagged Equality Commission, iceland
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Banning employees from wearing headscarves
Let’s get one thing clear at the outset. The European Court of Justice has not said that it is OK to ban Muslim employees from wearing headscarves. It really hasn’t. But the decision in Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions NV … Continue reading
Can you afford to ignore the Gender Pay Gap Regulations?
Actually, I think you can. Probably. I mean what’s the worst that can happen? While other large employers publish their gender pay gap information you simply sit back and say. “Not for us, thanks, we’re fine.” Of course many people … Continue reading
Posted in Equal pay, Equality Act, gender pay gap
Tagged ECHR, enforcement, Equality Act 2006, Equality Commission, gender pay gap
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Dear Jeremy, ever heard of the Equality Act?
Is it OK if an employer asks a job candidate questions about their childcare arrangements? The question has come up because in a ‘Dear Jeremy’ article in the Guardian (a sort of workplace agony uncle column) A reader wrote in … Continue reading
Posted in Equality Act, Recruitment
Tagged Childcare, Dear Jeremy, guardian, indirect discrimination, job interviews, work-life balance
1 Comment
Why we should scrap the Equal Pay Act
First of all, apologies for the clickbait title – couldn’t resist it. Also to anyone thinking “Surely the Equal Pay Act was repealed by the Equality Act and replaced by provisions dealing with ‘Equality of Terms’?” you are of course quite … Continue reading
Posted in Equal pay, Equality Act
Tagged emily thornberry, equal pay audits, gender pay gap, new statesman
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How would Lord Rennard fare as an employee?
Lord Rennard is not an employee – and that is something he should be relieved about. He has been investigated under the Liberal Democrats membership rules, which allow a member to be expelled for conduct which brings the Party into … Continue reading
Posted in Equality Act, Harassment
Tagged burden of proof, Liberal Democrats, Lord Rennard, sexual harassment
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Guilty until proven innocent?
Today’s outrage against objectivity and rational analysis is brought to you courtesy of the founder and Director of Civitas, an independent ‘think tank’. David G Green has written an article in the Telegraph giving a pithy critique of the Equality … Continue reading
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