More people are now potentially classed as disabled & so entitled to protection
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) is to hear a test case on whether an employee’s belief in global warning and decision to lead a carbon emission minimising life amounted to a “philosophical belief” for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003.
Lookism in the workplace—discrimination or a fact of life? asks Helen Crossland
In Stockton on Tees Borough Council v Aylott [2009] IRLR 548, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has given further confirmation that the restrictive test for disability-related discrimination laid down by the House of Lords in London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] 4 All ER 525 applies equally to the employment field. No surprises there then.
Pressure on the government to abandon the national default retirement age (DRA) mounted last week as a landmark case reached the High Court.
Spencer Keen looks at time limits in reasonable adjustments cases under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
JFS pupil selection: race discrimination or religious freedom? asks Craig Rose
Discrimination
Chris Bryden & Michael Salter explain why successful tribunal claimants are often short-changed
Court of Appeal rules admissions policy at Jewish school is discriminatory
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC