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In this month’s instalment, our team discuss changes to employment laws coming into effect in April 2024. We also discuss recent findings by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that a...

The president is uplifting transgender people while Republicans continue to try to legislate them out of public life.

A High Wycombe Cash Converters employees claim for Interim Relief was dismissed during a tribunal hearing.

Victoria McCloud wants leave to join litigation in supreme court appeal brought by For Women Scotland

An employment tribunal has ruled that a Scottish government employee, whose flexible working request was denied, is classed as disabled under the Equality Act due to anxiety and fear of crowded spaces.


Our March update includes a case on whether a theatre and agency could dismiss an actor playing a lesbian role because of her devout Christian beliefs, and a case looking at whether an...

“It’s a fact that the UK’s cycling infrastructure is awful compared to the continent,” the cyclist said, while also expressing his suspicions about the council actually taking the steps to improve the path

On Tuesday, the BBC reported that Uber Eats courier Pa Edrissa Manjang, who is Black, had received a payout from Uber after "racially discriminatory" News this week that an Uber Eats courier accepted a payout to settle legal action after accusing the company of unlawful racial discrimination -- following repeated failures of its facial recognition checks -- raises questions about how fit for purpose UK law is to deal with rising use of AI systems.

In theory English employment law provides women on maternity leave with very strong protection. Once a woman notifies her employer that she is pregnant, the “protected period” applies giving her enhanced protection from redundancy. This remains in effect until her maternity leave ends. Should a redundancy situation arise during the protected period, then the mother must be offered a suitable alternative role - notably, in preference to any other comparable employee. Such preferent...

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