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Employment and Discrimination Blog
The Employment and Discrimination Blog, published by Thomson Reuters, covers a range of topics related to employment law and workplace discrimination. It addresses issues such as whistleblowing protections and reforms, managing conflicts around sex and gender identity in the workplace, implications of taking additional jobs under employment contracts, and the impact of the cost of living crisis on employment. The blog also explores differences in employment law and tribunal procedures across UK legal systems, including the effects of devolution. It discusses legal principles, case law, and practical challenges faced by employers and employees in navigating employment rights and obligations.
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Whistleblowing, what’s the direction of travel? Why and how the law should be reformed
By Plradwell
Protect, the UK whistleblowing charity established to promote ethical standards of conduct and compliance with the law, will be 30 years old next year – and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) is only five years younger.
Standards of…
Sex and gender identity: managing conflicting views
By Plradwell
There has been a significant shift in individual and societal openness around sex and gender identity in recent years. The debate is complex and inevitably there are a range of views and opinions on the issues.
Several recent employment tribunal…
Employment law and the cost of living crisis
By Plradwell
There is no denying that the UK is submerged in a cost of living crisis, with Shelter reporting an increase of 45% (since April 2022) in renters being behind with, or consistently struggling to pay, their rent (an increase to…
Divergence or uniformity? Employment law and procedure across the legal systems
By Plradwell
As an employment lawyer mainly practising in Scotland who is originally from Northern Ireland, I take a keen interest in how the procedure and the law differs across the legal systems of the UK and how devolution impacts the landscape. …
Neurodiversity and Workplace Policies
By Plradwell
POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord?
HAMLET: Words, words, words.
(Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2)
Neurodiversity Celebration Week took place between 21 and 27 March. The following week was Autism Acceptance Week, culminating in World…
Anti-vex: shutting down a serial vexatious litigant
By Plradwell
Vexatious claims hit the headlines last year after one claimant who was hit with a costs order for bringing yet another claim of discrimination against an unsuspecting employer went on to succeed in his appeal against the Employment Tribunal’s decision…
Right to disconnect: should it happen in the UK?
By Plradwell
Working from home has taken centre stage over the last two years. In many industry sectors, it has been necessitated by the pandemic and the restrictions on interaction and travel. It has also evolved to become the preferred way of…
Reminder of the role of the EAT in the context of justifying a fixed retirement age
By Plradwell
The recent EAT case of Pitcher v Chancellor Masters And Scholars Of The University of Oxford (EA-2019-000638-RN; EA-2020-000128-RN) provides interesting commentary on two important issues for employment lawyers:
- The extent to which the EAT will interfere with first
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ESG: five reasons employers play a key role
By Plradwell
ESG (environmental, social and governance) is a drum that everyone is now rightly beating. With COP26, sewage leaks and climate change ever-present in news headlines, we could be forgiven for thinking right now that it’s all about the “E”. Well,…