McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd, a high profile discrimination case that reached the Court of Appeal recently, was unsuccessful in getting permission to appeal against a decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (the EAT). The appeal was made by Gary McFarlane, who was employed as a relationship counsellor by Relate Avon Ltd. He was dismissed […]
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Post created on: May 4th, 2010
The Equality Bill cleared Parliament this week, and is now law (although many parts of the Act will only come into force at a later time). Summary of the Bill The Bill harmonises most current equality legislation, while also extending existing discrimination laws, including the ‘protected characteristics’ of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil […]
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Post created on: April 9th, 2010
The Equality Bill had its third reading in the House of Lords today, and is now expected to be followed by approval of the Lord’s amendments in the House of Commons, and finally Royal Assent – which will make the Bill an Act of Parliament. The new Act will harmonise many of the current discrimination […]
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Post created on: March 23rd, 2010
Catholic Care, a Leeds-based adoption agency, has won a high court appeal allowing it to ignore sexual orientation regulations and so exclude same-sex partners who wish to adopt. The judgement is quite narrow and will require further argument (at the Charity Commission) before ‘Catholic Care’ will have their way & are permitted to discriminate against […]
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Post created on: March 18th, 2010
New Regulations (The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010) came into force this week, making the practice of blacklisting trade unionists – activists or members of a trade union – illegal wherever this has a purpose of discriminating against a trade unionist. New guidance on the regulations has also been published by the Department […]
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