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New (and rather modest) proposals on pregnancy and redundancy

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

On a dull and extended train ride home last night I was perked up by a report that the Government was extending the rights of pregnant women. The report from the BBC (based on this Government press release) says: The … Continue reading →

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Of course vegans are protected by the Equality Act!

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

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 →

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My Pimlico Plumbers Prediction (updated)

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

UPDATE: so the decision is out and it seems to be mainly Option 1 (see below). Lord Wilson’s decision does, I think, move the law on a bit when it comes to the right to send a substitute. When looking … Continue reading →

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‘Last Chance Saloon’ for gender pay gap reporting?

Posted on March 27, 2018 by

With just days to go before the deadline for large employers to submit their gender pay gap information (30 March for the public sector, 4 April for the private and third sectors) the press is full of concern that many … Continue reading →

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Iceland, equal pay and enforcing the gender pay gap regulations

Posted on January 5, 2018 by

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 →

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The Classic Employment Law Songbook

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

Over the past year I’ve been recording a series of podcasts looking at classic employment law cases and seeing what relevance they have today. I try to put each into its historical and legal perspective and one part of that … Continue reading →

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How Uber could win in the Employment Appeal Tribunal

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

I spent yesterday sitting in the public gallery of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (if you can call five rows of seats the back of a big room a ‘gallery’) listening to Dinah Rose QC argue that the Employment Tribunal was … Continue reading →

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