Employment Notes
Tag: sex discrimination
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UK: employers should review sexual harassment policies and staff training
The continuing media focus on sexual harassment claims has highlighted an issue which poses a significant challenge for all employers, to ensure there is …
UK: board diversity report and updated executive search code
The Parker Review Committee has published its final report into the ethnic diversity of UK boards. The final recommendations are substantively the same …
APAC: Workplace Harassment
The daily allegations of harassment in the press and social media campaigns highlighting the prevalence of harassment around the world should prompt …
Asia: Mandatory Employment Policies
HR practitioners will be aware that work rules are mandatory in certain jurisdictions in Asia once an employer reaches a specified number of employees. …
UK: Dress codes - Governmental report on female office dress codes
At the end of April the government published its response to the House of Commons Petitions Committee and Women and Equalities Committee joint report on …
UK: tribunal rules that failure to enhance pay for shared parental leave is sex discrimination
A tribunal has ruled that an employer's failure to enhance pay for shared parental leave (SPL) to the same level as enhanced maternity pay is direct sex …
Germany: Act to Promote Transparency of Pay Structures (Entgelttransparenzgesetz)
On 30 March 2017 the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act to Promote Transparency of Pay Structures (Entgelttransparenzgesetz). The objective of …
Hong Kong: The labour policy promises of the new Chief Executive
On 26 March 2017, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was elected as the city's next (and first female) chief executive, after winning 777 votes from a …
UK: Legislative developments - dress codes
The House of Commons Petitions Committee and the Women and Equalities Committee have published a joint report calling for more effective remedies against …
UK: Acas/GEO publish draft guidance on gender pay gap reporting
On 28 January 2017 Acas and the Government Equalities Office published draft guidance on the new gender pay gap reporting obligation, available here. …
UK: Breastfeeding at work - employers may need to adjust employee hours
Employers should ensure that employees who are breastfeeding are able to express milk at work sufficiently regularly to avoid medical problems (in …
UK: New publications - ACAS guidance - productivity, terminal illness, dress codes, gender pay gap reports
Acas has issued guidance for line managers to help run effective teams and on dealing with life-threatening conditions at work, and has updated its dress …
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