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The government has started consultation on redefining disability discrimination to overcome the destructive judgment in Lewisham v Malcolm. In a sensible move, disability discrimination will borrow the concept of indirect discrimination from other discrimination law. As the consultation document proposes: [the Bill shall] adopt the concept of indirect discrimination for the purposes of the disability discrimination provisions [...] In other news this November, everyone seemed to be calling for the sacking of someone. From the social workers charged with the care of Baby P, to foolish radio presenters, dismissal has hit the headlines. Ross & Brand What faced the BBC with Ross & Brand was the same issue that faces many smaller employers, just on [...] Agency workers in the UK currently have few rights, as they are not employees under employment legislation. The chief remedy from which this bars them is that of unfair dismissal – there have been some well known cases involving workers having no rights on losing a job they’ve performed for some years in a manner [...] I’ve not been around to blog for the last two or three weeks (clients come first!) Apologies, and here starts a flurry of posts bringing us up to date on employment law developments in November. It’s been widely reported that restaurants may be compelled by legislation to reveal to their customers whether or not tips go [...] |
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