Tag Archives: Equality Commission

Reforming NDAs – why it won’t solve the real problem

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Darren Newman

The first thing to be clear about is that almost any settlement of a potential Employment Tribunal claim will include a confidentiality clause. This may be called a non-disclosure agreement or an NDA. If you are a journalist. the term … Continue reading →

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‘Last Chance Saloon’ for gender pay gap reporting?

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Darren Newman

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 Darren Newman

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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Can you afford to ignore the Gender Pay Gap Regulations?

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Darren Newman

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 →

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An Insult to Christians? The Mail’s Insult to Our Intelligence

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Darren Newman

This morning’s front page of the Daily Mail is the sort of thing that keeps me up at night. There is a particular kind of deliberate stupidity – a boneheaded, almost joyous, refusal to understand or engage with an argument … Continue reading →

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