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[…]
Gender Considerations should not be used to set insurance premiums or benefts
LATEST NEWS Apr 18, 2011
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[…]
Are you a public sector worker facing redundancy? If so we are offering a free 45 minute consultation to those facing unemployment as a result of the Coalition Government’s savage[…]
On 1 October 2010 the Equality Act 2010 came into force. The Act is mainly a harmonising piece of legislation which brought several anti-discriminiation acts under one roof. However, there are some[…]
Human Rights Watch published an important report today exposing Tesco and other European multinationals who are failing to adhere to European and International Labout standards. Please read report below: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tescos-us-operation-accused-of-bullying-staff-2068104.html