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Tribunal award of £4.5m compensation for sex and race discrimination
In what must be one of the largest awards of its kind, if not the largest ever tribunal award, an employment tribunal has awarded compensation of £4.5m in the case of Michalak v Mid Yorkshire Hospitals.
Employment Tribunal Watch Blog - Employment tribunal decisions, guidance and statistics from XpertHR
Summaries of employment tribunal decisions brought to you by the XpertHR team. This blog also features employment tribunal cases that have made the headlines as well as guidance and statistics on employment tribunal issues that affect both employers and employees
The Equality Act and Duncan Bannatyne at in Company Training services
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#404040;">I want to make one thing perfectly clear. I do not spend my time monitoring Duncan Bannyne’s activities with a view to correcting him every time he gets something wrong. I’ve never watched ‘Dragon’s Den’, which I’m sure is
New EAT President: ten judgments from Langstaff J - Employment Tribunal Watch
< p > It has been announced that < a rel= " nofollow " target= " _blank " href= " http://www.thelawyer.com/langstaff-j-named-as-head-of-employment-appeals-tribunal/1009597.article " > Langstaff J will succeed Mr Justice Underhill < /a > (as reported on the Lawyer website) as President of the
Compensation for injury to feelings in discrimination claims – the Vento bands
Section 124 of the Equality Act 2010 governs the amount of compensation that can be awarded by an employment tribunal in a successful discrimination claim.
Discrimination by segregation
The Apprentice starts again this evening. Usually for the first few episodes, the contestants are divided up on gender lines into two teams – men and women. Is this permitted in the workplace? It looks like it might be sex discrimination.
Why the decision that a B&B discriminated against a gay couple should interest employment
<p>The<a rel="nofollow"target="_blank"href="http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/hall-preddy-bull-judgment.pdf">County Court decision (PDF format, 58K)</a>(on the Judiciary of England and Wales website) that a couple who ran a bed and breakfast in Cornwall discriminated
The future of discrimination claims
In a couple of weeks time I will be giving a talk about future development of discrimination law and the Equality Act 2010. One part of that will be looking at the trends in discrimination claims. Here is a chart … Continue reading →
Tribunal Watch blog round-up (XpertHR - Employment Intelligence)
XpertHR Employment Intelligence « Tribunal Watch: XpertHR launches employment tribunal blog | Main Tribunal Watch blog round-up XpertHR recently launched its new Tribunal Watch blog, focusing solely on developments in employment tribunals and employment law cases.
Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 21.08.10 to 03.09.10 (XpertHR - Employment
XpertHR Employment Intelligence « Disability discrimination: pyromaniacs, kleptomaniacs, voyeurs and flashers excluded from Equality Act 2010 | Main | Paul Smith: If I could change one thing about HR » Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 21.08.10 to
