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Paternity rights
January 04, 2013
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There are several different types of paternity rights that may be available to new fathers or to those who are the partner of a new mother: 1. Statutory paternity leave How do you qualify? In order to quality for statutory paternity leave, on the last day of the 15th wee
Continue Reading →Disability discrimination
January 04, 2013
Discrimination in the workplace on the basis of disability is unlawful in the UK. The Equality Act 2010 (‘EA’), which consolidated all previous legislation in this area (including the Disability Discrimination Act), sets out a number of ways in which an employer may discriminate again
Continue Reading →Constructive Dismissal & Resignation Advice
January 04, 2013
Constructive dismissal arises when an employee has no choice but to resign because of the behaviour of their employer. This will still count as a “dismissal”. What is constructive dismissal? When employer behaviour triggers a resignation from an employee, this res
Continue Reading →Age Discrimination & Redundancy – Protection for all Ages In Redundancy
January 04, 2013
The age discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 (‘EA’) apply to the processes that an employer uses when selecting candidates for redundancy. The EA specifically prohibits direct and indirect discrimination, victimisation and harassmentin these circumstances. Harassment is
Continue Reading →Compromise agreements
January 04, 2013
Compromise agreements are normally used in a situation where an employee’s contractual, statutory or common law rights are going to be waived or ‘compromised.’ The waiver is usually effected by an employee signing the agreement and receiving an amount of money in return for not taking
Continue Reading →Bullying and harassment
January 04, 2013
An employee who has been subject to bullying and harassment at work is entitled to take action. The difficulty usually lies in being able to establish whether bullying and harassment has actually taken place, or whether the behaviour amounts to something less serious. Whilst the infor
Continue Reading →Age discrimination – your rights at retirement
January 04, 2013
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 brought in some important changes to the default age for retirement, which used to be 65. These regulations were then consolidated into the Equality Act 2010 (‘EA’). The default retirement age was phased out from 6th April 2011 and anyone
Continue Reading →Age discrimination and retirement
January 04, 2013
Age discrimination and retirement The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 brought in some important changes to the default age for retirement, which used to be 65. These regulations were then consolidated into the Equality Act 2010 (‘EA’). The default retirement age was
Continue Reading →Age Discrimination and Benefits
January 04, 2013
With the arrival of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations in 2006 and the later consolidation of all equality measures into the Equality Act 2010 (‘EA’), treating someone differently in a work environment because of their age, without good reason,became unlawful. However, it is re
Continue Reading →Sex Discrimination
January 04, 2013
Protection against sex discrimination has traditionally been something that has been provided to women and the relevant legislation in this area – the Equality Act 2010 (the ‘EA’) – is written to reflect this. However, other than those provisions that obviously apply only to women
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