Discrimination

Avoiding discrimination claims when making redundancies

Eversheds Legal Services Ltd v De Belin serves as a reminder of the dangers of trying to avoid discrimination claims from a particular class of employee when making redundancies. Read more...

Other Developments - July 2011

Here are some other developments which have happened over the last month. Read more...

George's Marvellous Medicine for Employers?

At the Conservative party conference, George Osborne announced that the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will be increased from one to two years with effect from April 2012. In addition, fees for bringing Employment Tribunal claims will also be introduced from April 2013. Read more...

Adjustments for Disabled Employees - How Far Do You Need to Go?

There have been three recent cases on this issue - two quite helpful for employers, but the other one less so. Read more...

Compulsory Retirement Ages - Pie in the Sky for Airline...

Following the removal of the default retirement age in the UK, the issue of when compulsory retirement ages might be allowable is very much a live one. Read more...

Employment Law Reform

Vince Cable announced reforms to the employment law system aimed at providing a more flexible framework for businesses. Read more...

Bill proposes equal pay audits - Financial Times - 21 October 2012

Business owners could be forced to pay for expensive equal pay audits under government proposals that were meant to cut red tap, a law firm has warned. Read more...