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Latest EAT Judgments- Bivonas LLP & Ors v Bennett (Sexual Orientation Discrimination or Transexualism) [2011] UKEAT 0254_11_3101 (31 January 2012)
- Odukwe v The Partners of Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers (Jurisdictional Points : 2002 Act and pre-action requirements) [2012] UKEAT 0547_10_2701 (27 January 2012)
- Amin v Wincanton Group Ltd (Jurisdictional Points : 2002 Act and pre-action requirements) [2011] UKEAT 0508_10_2501 (25 January 2012)
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- Collins v Club 24 Ltd (t/a Ventura) (Victimisation Discrimination) [2012] UKEAT 0028_11_1201 (12 January 2012)
- Vetco Gray UK Ltd v Garden (Unfair Dismissal : Reasonableness of dismissal) [2012] UKEAT 0025_11_1101 (11 January 2012)
- Simpson v Strathclyde Police & Anor (Practice and Procedure : Imposition of Deposit) [2012] UKEAT 0030_11_1001 (10 January 2012)
- Mustafa v Guy's And St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust (Practice and Procedure : Striking-out or dismissal) [2011] UKEAT 0516_11_2212 (Rev 1) (22 December 2011)
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Compulsory Retirement
Despite the new Age Discrimination laws, employers can still compulsorily retire their employees at (usually) age 65 so long as they follow a lengthy and mostly pointless procedure. For me, this is another example of why the laws don’t make … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Retirement
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Discrimination explained through the medium of dreadlocks
In the recent case of Harris v NKL Automotive the Employment Appeal Tribunal had to decide whether or not a Rastafarian chauffeur, Mr Harris, had been discriminated against when he was told that his hair was too untidy for his … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination
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Ongoing changes
I’m getting all my changes to this blog done now, while no-one’s reading it but me. I’ve just discovered that I’ve picked the exact same colour scheme as the excellent Magistrate’s Blog. He (or is it she?) was there first, … Continue reading
UK Holiday Entitlements
So let’s get started! The new increase in holiday entitlements has caused much confusion. It’s bank holidays that cause the difficulty you see. Calling them bank holidays, public holidays, and worst of all statutory holidays gives people the understandable impression … Continue reading
Posted in Working Time Regulations
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Welcome
We spend more time at work than we do anywhere else, and let’s face it – sometimes work is interesting, sometimes it’s fun, and sometime we miss it when we don’t go. The other 95% of the time we struggle … Continue reading