The Equality Act & Compromise Agreements
Most employment solicitors welcome the Equality Act’s attempts to harmonise and simplify discrimination law and remove inconsistencies. However, there are concerns about the ambiguity of Section 147...
View ArticleEqual Pay Day 2015: Mind the Gap
9 November 2015 is Equal Pay Day – we’ve got a long way to go. Although the gender pay gap is gradually decreasing and women under the age of 30 tend to earn more than men, this gender gap widens...
View ArticleDisability Awareness – How Can Disability Rights Be Improved In The Workplace?
The main forms of disability discrimination that we come across are discrimination arising from disability and failure to make reasonable adjustments. For either of these claims to succeed it is...
View ArticleEmployers Guide To Supporting Employees With A Mental Health Disability
Earlier this week we saw the 25th World Mental Health Day. This is an important issue for the workplace as each year millions of working days are lost due to mental ill health. And the situation is...
View ArticleWhere Are We On Equal Pay Day 4 November 2016?
The creation of the draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2016 is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, the response to the consultation has identified that these...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....