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Our professional guide to discrimination at interview Are you applying for jobs? Attending interviews? You might be interested to know what questions are OK for an interviewer to ask you, and which would count as discriminatory. What matters in a job interview is your skills and experience. Whether you fit in with the company culture. …
How much compensation can I get for disability discrimination? Have you got a disability? Have you been discriminated against at work? Wondering how much compensation you might get? Obviously, there are many types of disability, including hidden disabilities. Whatever type of disability you have, you should not be treated differently at work because of it. …
Are you asking yourself: “I want to quit my job. Can I get a payout?” The answer depends on the reason why you want to quit your job. If you dream of resigning because you just don’t like the job or the work, that’s your choice. If it’s because you’re being badly treated by your …
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few days and weeks, you will be aware that construction giant, Carillion, has collapsed. The company employed around 43,000 people worldwide, half of whom worked in the UK. And now, thousands of those jobs are at risk. Who is (or was) Carillion? Carillion was responsible …
So your employer has offered you a settlement agreement (or compromise agreement in Northern Ireland), sometimes called a severance package. This means your employer will pay you a lump sum in return for giving up your right to take them to court or an employment tribunal. Hoorah! At least you’ll have some money to help …
You know it’s illegal to be discriminated against because of your race – but what does that mean in practice? In law, ‘race’ covers nationality, skin colour and ethnic or national origin. The Equality Act 2010 protects you against discrimination regarding: Recruitment Pay Terms and conditions of employment Promotion Discipline and grievance Bullying and harassment …
David Barrow was awarded over £2.5 million after making an unfair dismissal claim when he was sacked following emails he wrote while under the influence of steroids. The story For 36 years, David worked at a senior level at Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), a science, technology and engineering firm. In 2017, he started experiencing …
So you’ve been discriminated against at work. That’s against the law. But there are three important questions to answer before you decide what to do. How much compensation can you claim? Is it going to be worth taking your employer to the employment tribunal? If your employer makes you an offer to settle ‘out of …
If you are being paid less than a colleague of the opposite sex for doing the same job, you may have a legal right to claim equal pay. Many employees do not realise they are underpaid until years into their employment by which time significant back pay may already have built up. At Paul Doran …
With the forthcoming referendum asking whether the UK should remain in or leave the European Union, we have considered the impact that the EU has had on workers’ rights over the past few decades. Although some legal analysts have suggested that the impact of leaving the EU will do little to erode workers rights, there …