Discrimination

Articles

17 Dec 2014

High Court dismisses challenge to employment tribunal fees

Court describes fall in the claims as 'striking' and 'dramatic but needs more evidence

15 Oct 2014

How to achieve the aim of gender equality

Targets and quotas will help to increase female representation at board level in the short term, but the ultimate goal has to be reward based solely on merit, says Martin Arnold

10 Jun 2014

Employment update

Ryan Clement discusses cases covering the test for remittal of proceedings, TUPE and employers' duty to inform, and reasonable adjustments required for disabled persons

22 Apr 2014

Silver lining: age discrimination back in the spotlight

It is difficult to measure the effectiveness of the ban on age discrimination in services, public functions and associations but a new statutory code should help improve matters, say James Davies and Lee Nair

23 Jul 2013

Is there scope for 'reasonable adjustment' in religious discrimination law?

The right to hold a religious belief cannot be a trump 'card against other conflicting individual rights, argue Katherine Apps and John Bowers QC as they seek to 'map out the future direction of discrimination law

5 Jul 2013

The Seldon time-travel machine: succession planning as a justification for age discrimination

Law firms seeking to enforce compulsory retirement partnership rules should not give undue significance to ?the final decision in Seldon that succession planning is a legitimate justification to age discrimination, say ?Gavin Mansfield QC and Lucy Bone

2 Jul 2013

McCririck can go ahead with age discrimination claim

Former Channel 4 racing presenter was employee of TV production company

25 Jun 2013

'Public interest' test for whistleblowing comes into force