The recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision of Coleman -v- Attridge Law has been widely reported as winning significant new rights for carers. However the situation may not be as clear as that.
The case
Ms Coleman claimed ‘discrimination by association’ in that she alleged that she had suffered less favourable treatment and harassment as a [...]
Posted: July 24th, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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Legal advice privilege is a long standing rule that protects certain confidential communications between a client and professional legal adviser. Recent years have seen an increase in the number of non-solicitor organisations (often labelled as ‘Employment Consultants’) providing legal advice to both employers and employees.
However a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling has confirmed that such [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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A recent House of Lords decision (Lewisham -v- Malcolm) has called into question the interpretation of key provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act. Although the case related to the provision of housing accommodation for disabled people, it has the potential to significantly reduce the risk of an employer being liable for discrimination of a disabled [...]
[click here read more]Posted: July 10th, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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Following in the footsteps of the right to request flexible working, the Government has recently published its proposals on a new right for employees to request time off for training.
The core proposal is that employees with at least 26 weeks continuous service would have the right to ask their employer to allow them time away [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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Regular readers will be aware of the Heyday challenge to forced retirement at age 65.
We now understand that the case is to be heard before the European Court of Justice on 2 July 2008, although a final judgement is not expected before the end of the year.
In the meantime employers can continue to require employees [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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