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An employment tribunal has upheld a claim for indirect disability discrimination brought by a worker caring for a disabled adult...

Yesterday’s consultation on flexible working explores five ways current legislation could be changed to support “genuine two sided flexibility”. It also sets out the Government’s other plans for making flexible working “part of the workplace DNA”...

In a case with highly unusual facts, the EAT has upheld a tribunal’s ruling that the dismissal of an employee director had been fair, despite the failure to provide him with an opportunity to appeal...

According to a recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the third requirement (relating to auxiliary aids) compromised in the duty to make reasonable adjustments can often be overlooked...

Two recent employment tribunal decisions have shed light on the way employers are expected to approach redundancy dismissals during the currency of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...

Operational guidance for the vaccination of people working or deployed in care homes was published on 4 August...

ACAS recently published practical guidance for employers on hybrid working...

Last week the Government published its response to the 2019 consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace...

The European Court of Justice has returned to the issue of when an employer’s instruction to remove a headscarf is discriminatory because of religion or belief...

Following last week’s announcements confirming that England will be moving to stage 4 on 19 July, the government has published new guidance which will apply from that date...

The working from home guidance is one of many COVID restrictions that are due to be removed on 19 July in England...

Two recent cases from the Employment Appeal Tribunal illustrate some potential pitfalls when women with childcare responsibilities are asked to move away from fixed working hours...