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December 09, 2024
New Mother Wins Bias Claim Over Full-Time Return To Work
A tech company discriminated against a new mother by refusing her request to work part time upon returning from maternity leave, a tribunal has ruled.
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December 09, 2024
Greek Orthodox Priest's Firing Botched But Justified
A tribunal has ruled that a local Greek Orthodox community charity in England botched the process for firing its former priest, but found that the breakdown in relationship between the priest and church meant his dismissal was justified.
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December 09, 2024
Jo Sidhu Committed Sexual Misconduct, Tribunal Finds
The former head of the Criminal Bar Association, Jo Sidhu KC, was found on Monday to have committed sexual misconduct against a young female aspiring lawyer while being cleared of charges over exchanging "disgusting" sexual messages with another.
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December 09, 2024
UK Insurers Post Leadership Diversity Gains
An insurance industry trade body said Monday the sector increased its senior management-level representation of women last year to 33% — but is still falling behind U.K. corporate averages.
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December 09, 2024
Audit Watchdog Floats Revised Rules For Pension Standards
Britain's accounting watchdog on Monday proposed a series of revisions to the actuarial rules used in the retirement savings sector to reflect recent changes in pension regulations and skyrocketing funding levels of schemes in the U.K.
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December 09, 2024
Lidl Cleared Over Managers' Alleged Anti-Semitic Comments
An employment tribunal has ruled that a worker at retail giant Lidl could not prove that he had faced antisemitic comments from two managers who allegedly threatened to fire him on several occasions because he was Jewish.
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December 06, 2024
Ex-Cambridge Analytica Exec Beats £16M Claim Over Collapse
The former chief executive of Cambridge Analytica on Friday beat a £16 million ($20.4 million) claim that he was responsible for its downfall, while also convincing a London judge that a linked company owes him $12 million.
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December 06, 2024
Disbarred Solicitor Can't Sue Over Inn's Rejection, BSB Says
A disbarred solicitor cannot sue over his failed applications to join a barristers' inn because he already appealed the same claim to the High Court, the Bar Standards Board argued to an employment tribunal Friday in a bid to get his disability discrimination case dismissed.
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December 06, 2024
Trainee Accountant Wins Bias Suit Over Child Care Remarks
An employment tribunal has ruled that an accountancy firm unlawfully discriminated against its apprentice, finding that her dismissal and derogatory comments from her manager stemmed from biased assumptions about her child care responsibilities and situation as a mother.
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December 06, 2024
Civil Service Regulator To Face Whistleblower's Case
An employment judge has reinstated an employee's whistleblowing complaints against the Civil Service Commission, after conceding that he hadn't fully considered some of the evidence at first glance.
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December 06, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Burberry file a copyright claim against discount store B&M, the former owner of Charlton Athletic file a debt claim against the football club, and British Airways and the U.K. government face a class action brought by flight passengers taken hostage at the start of the First Gulf War. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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December 06, 2024
New Labor Regulator 'More Than Sum Of Parts,' Creators Say
The U.K.'s proposed Fair Work Agency will be "more than the sum of its parts," the heads of the labor enforcement bodies being absorbed to form the new super-regulator say.
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December 05, 2024
Union Can Nix Part Of Firefighter's Case Over Racism Probe
A former firefighter who tackled the Grenfell Tower blaze has lost his bid to sue the Fire Brigades Union over allegations that he was the target of "spurious" retaliatory complaints, as an employment tribunal ruled the trade body is immune from those claims.
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December 05, 2024
Ex-Goldman Manager Wins Paternity Leave Sex Bias Claim
An employment tribunal has ruled that Goldman Sachs discriminated against a former compliance manager, finding that the investment bank decided to make him redundant while he was on paternity leave.
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December 05, 2024
HMRC Wins Freezing Order Over Alleged £171M Tax Fraud
A court imposed a freezing order against three British businesses on Thursday after the U.K. tax authority accused them of orchestrating a £171 million ($218 million) National Insurance fraud.
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December 05, 2024
Worker Can Cite Colleague's Schedule In Flexible Work Claim
A worker for an outdoor clothing company has won her appeal to include evidence of another employee's working situation in her claim over the company's refusal to approve her request for flexible working.
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December 05, 2024
Pension Funding Is 'Largely Stable,' Lifeboat Fund Says
The net funding position of defined benefit pension schemes in Britain has remained "largely stable" over the last year, the Pension Protection Fund said in a report Thursday.
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December 05, 2024
Senior MPs Join Call For Women's State Pension Redress
Senior figures from seven opposition parties in the House of Commons warned on Thursday that "time is running out" for women affected by historical failings in their state pension plans and urged the government to act on calls for immediate redress.
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December 04, 2024
Siemens Unit Beats Whistleblowing Claim Over Military Data
A Siemens-owned company is off the hook for firing a design engineer after an employment tribunal ruled that his contract wasn't renewed because of performance issues rather than his concerns over the transfer of military data.
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December 04, 2024
Lawyers Warn Of Boozy Christmas Party Risks As Claims Fall
Organizations are being warned to keep end-of-year work parties under control given a new legal duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment, but figures suggest fewer legal claims have emerged in recent years from December festivities.
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December 04, 2024
Legal Director Wins £6K For Botched Redundancy
An employment tribunal has ruled that a data management company must pay its former legal director £6,600 ($7,600), finding that the business failed to carry out a proper consultation before it made him redundant.
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December 04, 2024
US Immune From Embassy Staffer's Unfair Dismissal Claim
A motor pool supervisor cannot pursue a claim that he was unfairly dismissed from an American Embassy annex at a Royal Air Force base, after a tribunal found that the U.S. is shielded by state immunity.
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December 04, 2024
Pensions Watchdog Publishes Key Guide For Funding Code
The Pensions Regulator published on Wednesday long-awaited guidance for how trustees can assess the strength of the financial committed of an employer to a retirement savings plan.
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December 04, 2024
JPMorgan Accused Of Unfair Firing Over Spoofing Allegations
A former precious metals trader at JPMorgan has accused his former employer of unfair dismissal, as his lawyer argued on Wednesday that the bank dismissed him to appear tough on fraud after a criminal scandal in 2022.
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December 04, 2024
3 Firms Steer £50M Pension Deal For Aerospace Co.
Pension insurer Rothesay said Wednesday that it has completed a £50 million ($63.3 million) full scheme buy-in with a plan sponsored by defense technology company Thales in a deal guided by Gowling WLG, Squire Patton Boggs LLP and Eversheds Sutherland.
Expert Analysis
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Managing The Complexities Of Workers' UK Pregnancy Rights
As understanding and complying with maternity rights in the workplace can be tricky, Anna Fletcher and Jane Gowling at Gowling provide an overview of the main risk areas, including redundancy and in vitro fertilization, and highlight recently proposed reforms.
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10 Noteworthy Employment Law Developments From 2022
Richard Kenyon and Ranjit Dhindsa at Fieldfisher review notable regulations, decisions and legislation in U.K. employment law over the last year, covering flexible work, fire and rehire practices, and diversity and inclusion.
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Proposed Bill May Change Workplace Sexual Harassment Law
The likely implementation of a private members' bill to extend employers' obligations concerning sexual harassment at work means employers should take steps now to ensure they are on the front foot if and when these changes come into force, say Gareth Brahams and Amanda Steadman at BDBF.
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Key Takeaways From New SRA Sexual Misconduct Guidance
It is clear from the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s new sexual misconduct guidance that individuals need to adopt the highest standards of conduct in their professional and personal lives, and firms have a key role in both setting and implementing those standards to create a diverse and inclusive culture, says Andrew Pavlovic at CM Murray.
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Digital Nomads: Key Considerations For Global Businesses
As employers and employees embrace remote, location-independent work arrangements enabled by technology, they must be mindful of the employment law and tax consequences such arrangements may trigger, say Hannah Wilkins and Audrey Elliott at Eversheds Sutherland.
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German Labor Court Takes Surprising Stance On Disclosure
A German labor court's recent ruling regarding an employer's disclosure of the number and names of employees identified as "severely disabled" will surprise practitioners in the data protection and diversity spaces, who may question the justification for aspects of the decision, say Hannah Disselbeck and Marco Hermann at Fieldfisher.
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A Look At The Increase In Employee Ownership Trusts
The rise in employee ownership trusts has brought certain challenges, but with tax advantages and a proven positive impact on individuals, businesses and regional economies, employee buyouts are set to become more popular and could outstrip mainstream deal activity, says Lisa Hayward at Birketts.
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Employment Ruling Takes A New Look At Settlement Waivers
The recent Scottish Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in Bathgate v. Technip U.K. demonstrates that a waiver in a settlement agreement must relate expressly to the circumstances of the individual case, and that it is no longer possible to dismiss a prospective claim simply by including a reference to unfair dismissal or the Equality Act 2010, says David Whincup at Squire Patton.
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My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned To Argue Open-Mindedly
Queens College President Frank Wu reflects on how Yale Kamisar’s teaching and guidance at the University of Michigan Law School emphasized a capacity to engage with alternative worldviews and the importance of the ability to argue for both sides of a debate.
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Employment Ruling Shows Value Of Dismissal Alternatives
The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in Department of Work and Pensions v. Boyers demonstrates that employers should ensure that alternatives have been properly considered before dismissing a disabled employee, since it can be difficult to show that a proportionate approach has been taken in the decision-making process, say Asten Hawkes and Larissa Hawkins at BDB Pitmans.
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How Proposed Forced Labor Product Ban Affects Biz With EU
The European Commission's recently proposed regulation banning products made with forced labor in the European Union highlights the importance for multinational companies to enhance their human rights due diligence programs to meet fast-evolving standards and requirements of doing business in the region, say Sarah Bishop and Paul Mertenskötter at Covington.
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FCA Pension Scheme Case Highlights Issues Ripe For Reform
The Financial Conduct Authority's response to the British Steel Pension Scheme case exposed wider issues within its regulatory approach and could demonstrate the need for industrywide reforms to minimize the risks with transferring out of a pension scheme, say Oliver Reece and Larisa Gordan at PwC.
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Holiday Entitlement Ruling May Affect Employer Practices
Following the recent decision of Harpur Trust v. Brazel, employers may want to consider some practical options and review their processes to ensure that workers with irregular hours receive their paid holiday entitlement, say Alex Fisher and Anna West at Travers Smith.
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How The Rise Of Brand Activism Is Affecting Employment Law
As the choice of employer and its values is increasingly seen as an extension of an employee's personal brand, a number of employment law issues come to the fore, including employers' rights to restrict their employees' behaviors and employees' rights to express their own views, says James Davies at Lewis Silkin.
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Changes The New UK PM May Bring To Workers' Rights
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering the removal of a significant number of EU regulations, which could lead to a reduction in rights for workers such as equal pay and holiday pay, arguably going against the principles of the U.K.-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, say Sean Nesbitt and Anneliese Amoah at Taylor Wessing.