Employment Notes
Tag: sex discrimination
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UK: Gender pay gap reporting regulations delayed, first data snapshot likely to be brought forward
The Government Equality Office has confirmed that the final gender pay reporting regulations (discussed here) are unlikely to be brought into force in …
Japan: Act to Promote Women in the Workplace in force
As part of the Abe Government's strategy to encourage more women to join the workforce, the Act to Promote Women in the Workplace was passed in August …
UK: New resources - apprentices, minimum wages, earnings attachments, sex discrimination
Acas has published a guide to help employers manage and support apprentices and young workers, and a guide to help combat sex discrimination in the …
Hong Kong: Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 in force and Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance 2014 delayed
The Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014—Ordinance No. 19 of 2014 came into force on 12 December 2014. The amended ordinance can be found here. …
EU Gender Directive: Council of Ministers' Progress Report indicates there is not yet consensus
The EU Parliament voted in favour of the draft EU Gender Directive to address gender balance on corporate boards in November 2013 and the Directive …
Australia: Application of the Sex Discrimination Act to workplace participants
A recent Federal Court of Australia decision provides useful guidance on the application of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SD Act) to …
UK: Redundancy selection - use of historical performance data for employee on leave permitted
Employers making redundancies from a selection pool including employees on maternity leave or other prolonged family leave should ensure that identical …
UK: Legislative proposals
Call for evidence on dismissal process BIS has issued a call for evidence seeking views on (i) whether the Acas Code of Practice on Discipline …
UK: Inequality in discretionary benefits - Employers may benefit from uncertainty over division between sex discrimination and equal pay claims
Equal pay claims can only be brought where there is a contractual term which is modified or included as a result of the equality clause which statute …
Unfair dismissal and discrimination: UK rights for employees abroad
Employers should not simply assume that staff working abroad will have no UK employment law rights, particularly where the rights derive from EU law and …