Business Employment

A police force discriminated against a male officer by paying him less while he was on shared parental leave than a woman would have received while on maternity leave. That was the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in a case involving Leicestershire Constabulary and one of its officers. The officer’s claim relied on the

The Government Equalities Office has published new guidance for employers on how to avoid sex discrimination when implementing workplace dress codes.  The document, entitled Dress codes and sex discrimination – what you need to know, stresses that while policies on clothes can be a legitimate part of an employer’s terms and conditions of employment, the

Employers must do more to prevent sexual harassment and remove toxic cultures in many workplaces, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The Commission makes several recommendations to improve protection for employees in a new report, Turning the tables: ending sexual harassment at work. The report is based on evidence gathered from 1,000

Large employers who’ve missed the deadline for reporting on their gender pay gap have been given extra time to comply – but they’ve been told they’ve entered the “last chance saloon” to avoid penalties. Private and voluntary sector employers with 250 or more staff were required to report the information by 4 April. The Equality

An agency worker who was not provided with the ‘same basic working and employment conditions’ as regular employees has won his claim of unequal treatment. The case involved Mr D Kocur, who had been supplied to Royal Mail by an agency. He worked for the company for 12 weeks, triggering his entitlement to the same

The government has ordered a review of how well employers are helping ethnic minorities to progress in the workplace. The new study will assess what steps businesses have taken to remove barriers highlighted in the recent McGregor-Smith Review into black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) participation and progression in the workplace. It found that the

The government is set to launch its ‘Good Work Plan’ to keep employment laws up-to-date with the changing world of work in the modern economy. It follows recommendations made in the Taylor Review of working practices and it is hoped that millions of workers will benefit from the reforms. The government will seek to protect

A betting shop manager has won her unfair dismissal claim after she was sacked for refusing to accept a new contract on a lower pay grade. Nicola Dinham had worked as a manager for William Hill for 18 years. The company restructured its employment model, merging the roles of shop manager and deputy manager into