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1. Introduction
Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in concerts to capture and
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1. Introduction
Last summer, a woman and a man were embracing blissfully at a Coldplay concert when they were caught by a ‘kiss cam’, a camera that is used in concerts to capture and…
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Both human rights law and discrimination law share a concern to ensure respect for the dignity and autonomy of individuals. Yet they pursue those shared values on parallel tracks through separate pieces of legislation –…
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Some British media outlets ran stories in April 2025 on how a regional Police Force (West Yorkshire) has put ‘applications from white Brits on hold’ and how the Chief Constable wants to discriminate…
What did the Supreme Court decide in For Women Scotland? The case concerned quotas in the representation of women in public boards in Scotland, under the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018. It was brought on appeal…
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This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Birmingham Employment Tribunal’s decision in Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover (“Taylor“), where Ms Taylor’s non-binary, gender fluid identity constituted “gender reassignment” and was therefore capable of protection…
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On October 1, 2024, the newly adopted Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (hereinafter: the Tipping Act), came into force, accompanied by a Code of Practice on the fair and transparent distribution of tips (hereinafter:…
Washerwoman, Shannon Alonzo, 2018
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In October 2024, a group of UCL academics and students visited an exhibition at the Wellcome Trust entitled ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’. I had been asked by my colleague, Humera Iqbal…
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If employees are unable to ‘switch off’ from work, the consequences can be serious. Employees who are constantly accessible to their employer via digital devices are more likely to experience ‘suboptimal…
1. Introduction
One commitment made in the Labour Party’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ was introducing a ‘right to switch off’ from work. Whilst the Coronavirus pandemic demonstrated that a wide range of…