Employers have a duty not to cause psychiatric damage to their employees by requiring them to undertake too much work and not providing adequate support. If they breach this duty[…]
Wrongful dismissal is synonymous with breach of contract. If an employer has breached a term of the contract of employment on termination, for example, by not paying notice pay the[…]
In order to settle an employee’s potential claims against an employee, the parties can enter into a settlement agreement. This agreement must comply with certain legal requirements and the employee[…]
Whistleblowing claims are common in employment tribunal proceedings. One reason for this is that an award of damages in a successful whistleblowing claim is not capped in the same way[…]
Under the Equality Act 2010 workers have the right not to be discriminated against because of a “protected characteristic;” these are: age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy[…]
All employers are required to conduct disciplinary and grievance procedures in accordance with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procures which sets out guidance on dealing with[…]
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[…]