In Duncombe and ors v Secretary of State for Children, School and Families (No.2) the Supreme Court decided that teachers employed by the Secretary of State to work in European[…]
The EAT has recently decided in the case of Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Mr Mylott that an employer does not have a duty under Section 4A of the[…]
Three key changes are due to take place in April: The default retirement age will be phased on from 6 April 2011 the right to request flexible working will be[…]
Gender Considerations should not be used to set insurance premiums or benefts
LATEST NEWS Apr 18, 2011
In Association Belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL and ors the European Court of Justice has decided that insurers cannot take gender into account as a risk factor when setting premiums[…]
The Government has revised the draft Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 to address a problem in the transitional provisions contained in the original draft that would[…]
The recent case of Nixon v Ross Coates Solicitors and anor illustrates the dangers of office gossip, particularly where this concerns the pregnancy of an employee. The claimant in this[…]
Countryfile Presenter Dropped from Primetime Show Suffered Age Discrimination
LATEST NEWS Apr 18, 2011
In O’Reilly v British Broadcasting Corporation the London Central Employment Tribunal upheld a female TV presenter’s claim that she had suffered age discrimination when she was replaced by a younger[…]
In Brink’s Global Services Inc and ors v Igrox Limited the Court of Appeal held that an employer was vicariously liable for the theft of a number of silver bars[…]
Excellent article here by Richard Miskella from Lewis Silkin on the Government’s proposals to cut employment law red tape in favour of employers: http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2011/01/18/57248/legal-opinion-employers-charter-or-political-double-speak.html
From 1 October 2011 the default retirement age will be ablished. Phasing out will begin from April. The default retirement age (DRA) of 65 was introduced by the Employment Equality[…]