Employment Notes
Tag: race discrimination
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UK: Indirect discrimination - Supreme Court ruling makes it easier for claimants to establish prima facie indirect discrimination
Employers should review whether their policies and practices could be disadvantaging employees with a particular protected characteristic. The Supreme …
UK: Legislation - consultations on caste discrimination, electronic balloting and reforming the tribunal system
On 28 March the Government Equality Office published its long-awaited consultation on caste discrimination, announced back in September 2016. The …
UK: New publications on disability, apprenticeship, e-cigarettes, and racist abuse
The following new employment law-related resources have been published: DWP updated guidance on employing disabled people, including information on the …
UK: No race discrimination claim where vulnerable migrant workers abused due to immigration status
The Supreme Court in Taiwo v Olaigbe and Onu v Akwiwu has ruled that less favourable treatment due to a vulnerable immigration status was not direct race …
UK: Race discrimination - care needed over instructions on language to be used in the workplace
The recent EAT ruling in Kelly v Covance Laboratories serves as a reminder of the discrimination risks inherent in prohibiting employees from speaking in …
UK: Race discrimination - 'race' may encompass caste
The EAT has confirmed that, although the Equality Act does not yet expressly include caste as a protected characteristic, it is included within the …
Hong Kong: British employment law rights extended to employees based outside of Great Britain
The English Court of Appeal has held that Hong-Kong based cabin crew who served on flights between Hong Kong and London can bring age and race …