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A settlement agreement (or compromise agreement in Northern Ireland) waives your right to make a claim against your employer at an employment tribunal or court, usually in return for a payment. But do you need to take legal advice before you accept (or reject) it? The short answer is yes. You do need to take …
Is your organisation cutting corners on health and safety or staffing, and so putting people at risk? Are your colleagues behaving in an intimidating way to people in their care? Is the company behaving fraudulently, or failing to comply with their legal obligations? If you become aware of illegal behaviour by your colleagues or employer, …
The Equality Act 2010 is designed to protect you on the basis of your actual or perceived sexual orientation. For example, here’s a case that hit the news in February 2019. Ben Plaistow joined HMP Woodhill as a prison officer in September 2014. One week in, a colleague asked if he was gay, apparently because …
Last week Andy Murray was knocked out of Wimbledon and became noted for calling out sexism in tennis. After the match, a reporter said: “Sam [Querrey] is the first American player to reach the semi-final of a Slam since 2009.” Knowing that Serena Williams has won more major titles than we’ve had hot dinners, quick as …
National Minimum Wage – Rates due to increase from 1/4/16 The government has made changes to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act, which will come in to force on 1st April 2016. The revised changes will affect the minimum wage of adults who are 25 years of age and over in the UK. These workers …
You might have heard of the gender pay gap. Less well known is the ethnicity pay gap. If you are paid less (or otherwise disadvantaged at work) because of your race, you can make a claim for race discrimination. What the data shows Surveys show that black people are most likely to have a household …
Your employer: “Please sign this paper agreeing not to take us to an Employment Tribunal in future, and we’ll pay you some money in return.” You: “Hmmm. I’m not sure.” Us: “This is not an easy decision to make yourself, so the best advice is… get advice.” In England and Wales, this document is called …
Not all sex discrimination is blatant. Indirect sex discrimination occurs when an employer imposes requirements, conditions or practices that have a disproportionate adverse impact on one sex compared with another. For example: When the percentage of one sex that could meet the job criteria is considerably smaller than the other sex The employer can’t justify …
Here are six key things to consider when negotiating a settlement agreement. (In Northern Ireland, settlement agreements are still known as compromise agreements.) We hope you find this advice useful, and of course are here to help if you have any further questions. 1. Take your time When your employer offers you a settlement agreement, …
Is your employer trying to ensure diversity across the organisation? If yes, that’s a worthy move. However, it shouldn’t mean you lose your job because of how old you are as is likely to amount to age discrimination. That’s what happened to Professor Paul Ewart. He was head of atomic and laser physics at Oxford …