Employment Notes
Tag: disability discrimination
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UK: New resources on human rights, terminal illness, database of tribunal decisions
The EHRC has published guidance for board directors on business and human rights. The TUC has launched a Dying to Work campaign, seeking better …
Hong Kong: Consultation on standard working hours proposals and recommendations for discrimination law reform
The Standard Working Hours Committee has released a discussion paper for public comment on policy options for regulating working hours in Hong Kong. …
UK: New publications - data transfer, discriminatory adverts, autism, bonus tax avoidance schemes
The Information Commissioner's Office has issued interim guidance following the publication of the proposed EU-US Privacy Shield framework to …
UK: Disability - EAT confirms "normal day-to-day activities" includes general work-related activities
Employers should bear in mind that, for the purposes of determining what amounts to a protected disability, "normal day-to-day activities" will be …
UK: New publications
GEO new guide for employers on Recruitment and Retention of Transgender Staff. Guidance from the Committee on Standards in Public Life on how public …
UK: Disability discrimination - cases highlight recruitment risks for employers in relation to references and interviews
Where a prospective employer receives an unsatisfactory reference about an applicant's suitability for a role, in circumstances where they have been …
UK: Disability discrimination - duty to make reasonable adjustments to attendance management policy
Employers should take particular care when applying an attendance management policy to disabled employees. Overruling previous EAT authority (see our …
UK: Discrimination arising from disability - disability need not be the main cause of unfavourable treatment if it is part of the cause or has a significant influence
A claim for "discrimination arising from disability" can be made where an employee is treated unfavourably because of something arising in …
UK: Discrimination arising from disability - ‘unfavourable treatment’ test does not require comparison
The EAT has overturned a tribunal ruling that it was unlawful disability-related discrimination for an ill health early retirement pension to be based on …
UK: Indirect discrimination - those who suffer alongside a disadvantaged group may bring claims
The ECJ has ruled that the EU concept of indirect discrimination permits claims to be brought by individuals who are not actually part of the protected …
UK: TUPE transferee's duty to agree reasonable adjustments to role offered pre-transfer
Where a disabled employee of the transferor will be redundant on transfer due to relocation, the transferee should indicate a willingness to make …
UK: New resources for employers on facial disfigurement, epilepsy, dementia, holiday pay, right to work checks
Charity Changing Faces has published guidance to assist employers with handling the issue of facial disfigurement. It advises that employers should …
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