‘BT, IMG, ITV and BBC have all been fined after a regulator found companies coordinated on how much to pay freelancers.’
The Independent, 21st March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Claims for discrimination are largely covered by the Equality Act 2010, the two most common forms of discrimination being direct and indirect. Direct discrimination is defined in the Act as one person treating another less favourably than he would others due to a protected characteristic (those characteristics being defined as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or pregnancy and maternity), whilst indirect discrimination is defined as a person applying a provision, criterion or practice which is discriminatory in relation to a relevant protected characteristic of another. Generally, the primary outcome of discrimination (direct or indirect) is injury to feelings to the person who has been discriminated against.
The question which arises when a claim is made for injury to feelings as a result of discrimination is how damages can be quantified, given its non-tangible nature. How can I make a claim for my feelings being hurt and, if successful, what could I be awarded?’
Becket Chambers, 11th March 2025
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘Owners of McDonald’s franchises in the UK have been told they could face legal action if they fail to take steps to protect workers from sexual abuse.’
The Independent, 14th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A long-serving Metropolitan police sergeant has failed in his attempt to sue the force for discrimination because a more senior officer called him a “numpty”.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A UN judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave who she “exploited and abused”. Lydia Mugambe, 49, took “advantage of her status” over the victim in the “most egregious way” by preventing her from holding down steady employment and forcing her to work as her maid and to provide childcare without payment, prosecutors said.’
The Guardian, 13th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The City’s top two regulators have said they will not bring in new diversity and inclusion rules for financial firms because they want to avoid imposing extra “regulatory burdens” and costs, in the latest sign of a retreat from efforts to help underrepresented groups.’
The Guardian, 12th March 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A magistrate who “escalated out of all proportion” a minor incident has had her employment tribunal claims of discrimination, harassment and victimisation dismissed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The government has said it supports bereavement leave for couples who experience a miscarriage.’
BBC News, 11th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A solicitor cannot base a victimisation claim against her law firm at the employment tribunal on it reporting her to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), a judge has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 11th March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK government has introduced a large number of amendments to the already lengthy Employment Rights Bill (ERB).’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A convicted murderer spent almost two years working with children after he was barred from doing so, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 4th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Claimant alleged that an employee of the Defendant had been libellous as well as slanderous when she allegedly informed other managers at different branches of the Defendant’s hotel that the Claimant ‘trashed rooms’ and purportedly placed her name on a ‘barred guest list.’ The claim was only brought against the Defendant as a company and not the individual employee.’
St John's Buildings, January 2025
Source: stjohnsbuildings.com
‘Arts employers could be breaking the law by relying on unpaid interns to perform roles that should be left to paid workers, preventing young people from working-class backgrounds from gaining a foothold, experts have said.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘David Leach and Madina Sakhi provide insight into the recent proposal to classify workplace harassment as a breach of health and safety obligations.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A partner forced to retire at the age of 63 from Leeds firm Walker Morris was discriminated against, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A veteran has accused the Army of not doing enough to help with the hearing loss he said developed during his service.’
BBC News, 25th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Dr Nicholas Jones v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 1568 the Court of Appeal has held that a claimant’s suspicion that they have been a victim of discrimination, or their firmly held belief based on their suspicion, is unlikely to be a relevant factor for the tribunal to take into account when considering whether it should or should not extend time on a “just and equitable” basis.’
Cloisters Chambers, 19th February 2025
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘A recent judgment by the Court of Appeal in England emphasises that while employers can continue to set and uphold standards of respectful behaviour at work, care is required when employees exercise their right to manifest protected beliefs, employment experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th February 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Court of Appeal has today upheld the guidance provided by the EAT, that was proposed by Sarah Fraser Butlin KC for the Archbishops’ Council, in a major decision concerning the question of how courts and tribunals should approach religious or philosophical belief discrimination cases concerning the manifestation of belief – when people are treated less favourably because they have done or said something expressing their protected beliefs. The guidance will be of real practical assistance to employers and employees.’
Cloisters Chambers, 12th February 2025
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from a Christian school employee who was dismissed because she posted messages on her personal Facebook account opposing the teaching in schools, and in particular primary schools, of “gender fluidity” and that same-sex marriage is equivalent to marriage between a man and a woman.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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