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’ • …
In shops, offices and factories throughout the land, there are no doubt many heated discussions going on about Brexit. But did you know that it may be unlawful for you to be discriminated against because of your political beliefs? As you may know, our head office is based in Northern Ireland. Due to this country’s …
You have the right to be projected against discrimination because you’re trans. Our recent article about gender reassignment explains more. However, the law can be complicated in transgender cases, and here’s a story that might interest you. MB married her wife in 1974, and underwent gender surgery to transition to female in the 1990s. In …
Bill has been in his job for 20 years. A younger employee has just been promoted over him. He feels he has been passed over because of his age, and is being forced to retire. Mary’s company is downsizing. As one of the firm’s youngest employees, she’s afraid that she will be first in line …
Discrimination which is considered to be unlawful comes from the Equality Act 2012 which contains various personal characteristics that are protected by law, and certain behaviours which are unlawful. Here are the protected characteristics: Age Race Sex Sexual orientation Marriage and civil partnership Pregnancy and maternity Religion and belief Disability Gender reassignment And here are …
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 …
October 2016 marked 10 years since it became illegal to discriminate against someone because of their age*. It is unlawful to directly or indirectly discriminate against or to harass or victimise someone because of their age. It doesn’t matter if that’s because you’re young or old, a worker or an employee. The intention of the …
There have been a number of stories in the media recently regarding the case of Nicola Thorp who was working as a temp receptionist at the accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”). On attending work, Nicola was sent home for refusing to wear high heel shoes. This led to a lot of publicity with a petition being started …