In an employment tribunal ruling attracting media attention [1] today, a Claimant, Devan Maistry, appears to have successfully argued that a belief in the ethos of the BBC – public service broadcasting – is a philosophical belief, and is therefore covered under equality laws that generally protect a religious faith – religious or belief discrimination. [...]
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Post created on: May 9th, 2011
As widely predicted, a revised version of the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 was laid before Parliament yesterday (see appendix). A copy of the draft SI is likely to be available on Legislation.gov.uk in the coming days; in the meantime, we have a copy available. As a Statutory Instrument (SI) subject [...]
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Post created on: March 2nd, 2011
As confusion remains over the regulations (Edit: Burt’s view has managed once again to put these regulations into a concise & sensible blog post), Twitter’s #ukemplaw topic has been buzzing about the Default Retirement Age Regulations in recent days. Employment Law Clinic have received confirmation from BIS that revised regulations have been published today, and [...]
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Post created on: March 1st, 2011
The Draft Employment Equality (Abolition of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 are in circulation at the moment, but as Mrs Markleham observes, their source is less than clear. The regular link circulating on Twitter is http://bit.ly/e1C2ZI and this redirects to a Dropbox file (but with no indication of its ownership or control): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18097599/draft%20age%20regs.doc. Edit: the draft [...]
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Post created on: February 24th, 2011
Delivering on the commitment in the coalition agreement, the Government announced plans this month to allow more sharing of parental leave from the earliest stages of pregnancy. Aiming for an introduction in 2015, Nick Clegg described the current paternity leave allowance of two weeks as ‘paltry’. He said: ‘These rules patronise women and marginalise men. [...]
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Post created on: January 16th, 2011
