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Your employment law guide to Christmas parties Office Christmas party season is upon us. After the past couple of years of lockdown, it may be extra fun this time! You might be tempted to really let your hair down, have a few drinks and properly relax with your colleagues. However, you have to be a …
In August 2016, Alexandra de Souza E Souza, who is transgender, got a job as a retail assistant at Primark in Oxford Street (West). The interviewer agreed ‘Alexandra’ could be shown on her name badge, but said HR and payroll had to be set up in her official birth name of ‘Alexander’. Before she started …
Your employer should make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for you. If you have a disability, or suffer from a physical or mental health condition, your employer should ensure that you are not ‘substantially disadvantaged’ when doing your job. These are some examples of reasonable adjustments that an employer should make: At recruitment stage It’s not a legal …
The furlough scheme started back in March, to help businesses and staff survive the Covid-19 lockdown. If you’ve been off on furlough, you might now be at risk of redundancy. The government has been paying 80% of your wages (up to a limit). But this could never go on forever, and the scheme is currently …
Sadly, it seems that sex discrimination is still prevalent. Here are a couple of recent stories that demonstrate the point. A minority of one Sharon Douglas used to work in the environmental services department at Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council in Northern Ireland. She was the only woman employed as a yard/storeperson in the …
“Can I be made redundant during maternity leave?” Your employer ought to offer you suitable alternative employment as priority, if it’s available and your role is made redundant while you’re on maternity, adoption or shared parental leave. Changes to the law are currently going through the House of Lords, which will also help to protect …
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 …
A settlement agreement means peace of mind for your employer, in knowing that you have given up your right to make a future claim against them. In return for signing, you receive an enhanced redundancy payment – that means more money for you. Woohoo! There are various reasons why your employer might want to offer …
In August 2015, Citizens Advice completed a study into self employed workers and employment rights in which it found that there has been a significant rise in self-employed staff throughout the UK since the recession in 2008. They have found that there is a real growth in such status amongst carers, cooks and cleaners, female …
Disability laws in Great Britain and Northern Ireland There is an important difference between the way disability discrimination is treated in Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI). Disabled people in the rest of the UK are protected from discrimination arising from disability under the Equality Act 2010. However, Northern Ireland has its own equality …