The Fawcett Society, a charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights at work, has published recommendations for employers to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace. Their report states that at least 40% of women have experienced workplace harassment,...
In the overwhelming majority of cases, Employment Tribunal hearings are held in public, and their decisions made available on the internet for everyone to read. However, there are occasions when it is appropriate to prevent or restrict the public disclosure of...
The Department of Health and Social Care has issued detailed operational guidance in relation to staff working in care homes. From 11 November 2021 all care home workers and anyone entering a care home needs to be fully vaccinated, unless they are medically exempt. ...
Unlike other acts of direct discrimination, age discrimination can be justified by an employer where they can show that the otherwise prohibited treatment was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. The EAT has delivered judgements in two cases (Pitcher v...
In Secure Care UK Limited v Mr R Mott, an employment tribunal found that when an employee is dismissed by reason of having made a protected disclosure in accordance with the whistleblowing legislation, that dismissal will be automatically unfair, even if the employee...
