Category Archives: UK employment law

What is Theresa May planning, employment lawyers ask?

In a move that employment lawyers are watching carefully, Theresa May has announced that we ...

Sex discrimination and mums – the pay gap

Thirty years after the Sex Discrimination Act 1976 (updated in the Equality Act 2010), the ...

Discrimination on grounds of weight – is it unlawful?

Employment law’s newest concept is fattism, which is prejudice against people who are fat. This ...

Employment Law and the Labour Party

Note: a subsequent legal change has affected the accuracy of this material. The Labour Party has told ...

Disciplinary for “bringing company into disrepute”

Sam Allardyce has been sacked from his new post as England manager, with a 100% ...

Employment law and your period pain

Employment law commentators have welcomed a recent survey of 1,000 women for a Radio 5 ...

Birmingham employment solicitors win discrimination case

Birmingham employment solicitors recently won a victory for a mother of one whose employer refused ...

Controversial Deliveroo contracts and employment law

Deliveroo, an online food courier, has come under criticism by employment law commentators due to ...

Muslim inequality and racial discrimination

A Parliamentary report into racial discrimination by the Women and Equalities Committee highlights some hidden ...

Tribunal claims for Uber

Note: there is an update here. Uber is facing legal action in the form of ...