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Just had a listing of a 3 day case at the end of April 2023 at Nottingham ET - umm, not sure how my client will take that news! #ukemplaw
Just had a listing of a 3 day case at the end of April 2023 at Nottingham ET - umm, not sure how my client will take that news! #ukemplaw
Women less flexible due to childcare responsibilities
In Dobson v North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, the EAT has held that an employment tribunal erred in failing to take judicial notice of the fact that women are less likely than men to be able to accommodate flexible working patterns because of childcare responsibilities. The fact that women bear the greater burden […]
Health and Safety “Detriments” under S 44 ERA now extended to workers as well as employees
New Regulations, The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Protection from Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) Order 2021. extend the protectin afforded to employees by S44 ERA 96 to workers also. The extension to workers applies to any detriments taking place on or after 31 May 2021. Link to Legislation
Views that a person’s sex cannot be changed is a protected philosophical belief.
A woman who lost her job after expressing views that sex cannot be changed and transgender women are “not women” has won an appeal against an employment tribunal. In Forstater v CGD Europe and ors, the EAT has held that ‘gender-critical’ beliefs, including a belief that sex is immutable and should not be conflated […]