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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has reversed the employment tribunal’s decision that Maya Forstater’s belief that “biological sex is real, important, immutable and not to be conflated with gender identity” did not qualify for protection under the Equality Act as a religious or philosophical belief...

The Government has now offered an explanation for the absence of an Employment Bill in the 2021 Queen’s Speech...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that once an employer has committed a fundamental breach of contract, the employee does not have to accept an offer to make amends, but remains entitled to rely on the breach and bring a claim for constructive unfair dismissal...

A recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal involving a worker diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome offers new guidance on the correct approach to assessing whether workers with neurological impairments are protected by the Equality Act...

In one of the first tribunal cases to emerge from the first national lockdown, an employment tribunal has ruled that an employee had been fairly dismissed for refusing to come into work...

In a significant recent decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that workers are not entitled to payment on termination for annual leave which has been taken but not paid for in previous years...

Although there will be comparatively few changes to substantive employment law this Spring when compared to previous years, there are still a number that are worth noting...

Asda's final appeal against the employment tribunal’s ruling on the issue of comparators has now been dismissed by the Supreme Court...

The Supreme Court’s judgment in the Mencap case confirms that employers do not have to pay their workers the national minimum wage unless they are awake for the purposes of working...

The Government has published a Statement of Changes to the UK Immigration Rules which contains changes to work and study visa routes from April 2021...

In two related appeals, the Court of Appeal has explored the limits that employers can legitimately place on the freedom of expression of their senior staff...

Now that the guidance has been updated following the Chancellor’s announcement in last week’s budget, we know a little more about how the latest extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will work...