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Disability Discrimination: Big Awards If you’ve been discriminated against at work due to your disability, you can make a claim under the Equality Act 2010, and could recover significant compensation. That’s what happened to employees in these recent cases. Case study 1: Prison officer awarded £445,000 In March 2019, Mr Mullinger began working as Band …
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, …
An 88-year-old has recently become the oldest person in the UK to win an age discrimination case. Here’s the story… In 1991, Eileen Jolly was aged 61, and joined what’s now known as the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust where she went on to work in various roles. In 2005, she became a medical secretary …
Oh Google. We thought your corporate slogan was “do no evil”. And yet, when some of your executives were accused of sexual harassment and discrimination, the board of directors of Alphabet (your umbrella company) approved outsize severance packages for them, so allowing the culture of misconduct to continue. It’s recently been reported that James Martin, …
How long do I have to submit a claim? Wondering how long you have to submit a claim? You should act quickly, because the time limits may be tighter than you think. The short answer is: “Usually within three months”. Read this article to discover the longer answer. First things first If you have a …
Have you ever thought to yourself “I’ve Suffered Pregnancy Discrimination”? The law protects you against discrimination because you’re pregnant or on maternity leave. Have any of these situations happened to you? • Someone made nasty or hurtful comments about you being unable to do your job properly because of your pregnancy or ‘baby brain’ • …
Did you see the recent Buzzfeed article about the world’s most famous self-help guru, Tony Robbins? One paragraph reads as follows: Two former followers who went on to work for Robbins provided BuzzFeed News with signed statements swearing under oath that they felt he had sexually harassed them by repeatedly pursuing them after they made …
As you may know, employers are not allowed to discriminate against you because you have a disability. This also applies during the recruitment process even where artifical intelligence and automated processes are involved. This real-life story is a recent example of what can go wrong… and what you can do about it. Kevin Meier has …
This article builds on our recent article Your rights at work If you are on probation… When you first start working for a new employer, they might initially treat you as being on a ‘probationary’ period. However, in law, there is no such thing as a probationary period; you retain your statutory rights from day …
Winning your case is not just about whether or not your dismissal was unfair. It’s about whether or not your claim passes certain legal tests. Are you an employee? To bring an unfair dismissal case, you must be an employee. That means you work for someone regularly, and have a contract that sets out the …