Category Archives: UK employment law

What is Theresa May planning, employment lawyers ask? 1
What is Theresa May planning, employment lawyers ask?

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

02
Oct
Sex discrimination and mums - the pay gap 3
Sex discrimination and mums – the pay gap

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

30
Sep
Discrimination on grounds of weight – is it unlawful? 4
Discrimination on grounds of weight – is it unlawful?

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

30
Sep
Employment Law and the Labour Party 5
Employment Law and the Labour Party

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

29
Sep
Disciplinary for "bringing company into disrepute" 7
Disciplinary for “bringing company into disrepute”

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

28
Sep
Employment law and your period pain 8
Employment law and your period pain

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

25
Sep
Birmingham employment solicitors win discrimination case 9
Birmingham employment solicitors win discrimination case

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

20
Sep
Controversial Deliveroo contracts and employment law 10
Controversial Deliveroo contracts and employment law

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

05
Sep
Muslim inequality and racial discrimination 11
Muslim inequality and racial discrimination

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

20
Aug
Tribunal claims for Uber 12
Tribunal claims for Uber

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

17
Aug