Did covert surveillance of employees under suspicion of theft breach their Article 8 right to private life? No, held the European Court of Human Rights in López Ribalda and others v Spain. The Grand Chamber [...]
Yes, held the European Court of Justice (the CJEU) in NH v Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI. A senior lawyer remarked on Italian radio that he would never recruit a homosexual to his law [...]
No, held the EAT in Parnaby v Leicester City Council. The Claimant was impaired by depression caused by work-related stress. The Claimant could show that his mental impairment had a substantial adverse impact on his [...]
No, held the EAT in iForce v Wood. The Claimant was a packer working at a fixed workstation. He suffered from a disability, osteoarthritis, which was exacerbated by damp and cold. When asked to move [...]
On 13 November 2018, the Women and Equalities Committee launched an inquiry into non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in harassment and discrimination cases. The launch follows the committee’s recent inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace which [...]
The ECJ has given judgment in two German cases relating to the right to a payment in lieu of accrued but untaken annual leave under Article 7 of the Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC) (WTD). The [...]
Did a tribunal fail to apply the correct test when using the term “necessarily predicting” in assessing disability? No, says the EAT in Martin v University of Exeter. A preliminary hearing was held to determine [...]
Can a tribunal decline to exercise its s.123 (1)(b) just and equitable discretion if it has made material errors in assessing the facts and explaining its reasons? No, held the EAT unanimously on the facts [...]
I am sure that more than on any other World Mental Health Day in history there are more people talking about mental health today than ever before. This can only be a good thing. Not a day [...]