by Andrew Macmillan | May 2, 2025 | News
Following the Supreme Court’s recent high profile decision in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued a short interim update highlighting the main consequences of the judgment. It reminds employers that in...
by Andrew Macmillan | Apr 25, 2025 | News
In the recent case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, the Supreme Court considered whether a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) qualified as a ‘woman’ under the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010). In its judgement, the Court concluded that...
by Andrew Macmillan | Apr 15, 2025 | News
We expect that an employer’s ability to “Fire and Rehire” will soon be dead. Clause 26 of the Employment Rights Bill introduces a new section to the Employment Rights Act 1996 which makes it automatically unfair to dismiss an employee for refusing a...
by Andrew Macmillan | Apr 9, 2025 | News
In a recent case called Sullivan v Isle of Wight Council the Claimant had applied unsuccessfully for a job with the Respondent. She had raised matters which could have amounted to protected disclosures under whistleblowing legislation. She sought to claim she had...
by Andrew Macmillan | Apr 3, 2025 | News
The latest annual update for awards for injury to feelings in discrimination and detriment cases has been published. In respect of claims presented to Employment Tribunals on or after 6 April 2025, the Vento bands (as they are known) are as follows: a lower band...
by Andrew Macmillan | Mar 27, 2025 | News
In July 2024, the Government announced its intention to bring forward the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, introducing a requirement for large employers (those with 250 or more employees) to report on ethnicity and disability pay gaps. It has now launched a...
