5/29/2025 9:04:47 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: The ‘all reasonable steps’ defence following Mr Campbell v 1) Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & 2) Mr Wesley Hammond By Chris Cuckney Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer is liable for the discriminatory acts of its employees if those acts are done during the course...
5/23/2025 1:40:14 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: The Government’s White Paper on “Restoring Control over the UK Immigration System” By Chris Cuckney In response to growing public and political concerns that the current levels of legal migration are sustainable, last week the Government...
5/15/2025 9:11:37 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: EHRC Publishes Important Guidance on Single Sex Facilities Following the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Definition of “Sex” By Chris Cuckney Few can have missed the Supreme Court’s recent judgment that “sex” and “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) means “biological sex.”...
4/30/2025 2:44:54 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Government consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting By Chris Cuckney 30 March and 4 April are the annual reporting deadlines by which large employers have to report their gender pay gap information. As we...
4/25/2025 2:47:14 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Government Crackdown on Illegal Working in the Gig Economy. By Chris Cuckney Most people are aware that there are severe consequences for employing someone who does not have the right to work in the UK. Employing...
4/22/2025 1:14:54 PM Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire Council - A Tribunal’s decision to reduce a claimant’s compensation was based on “perverse conclusions and material errors of law” By Chris Cuckney In a recent judgment in the case of Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has provided useful guidance...
4/2/2025 9:00:41 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: The principles of conduct dismissals following Hewston v Ofsted By Chris Cuckney Giving judgment earlier this month in the case of Hewston v Ofsted, the Court of Appeal has handed down a helpful reminder to employers...
3/24/2025 2:51:30 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: New Statutory Rates in April 2025 By Chris Cuckney As the start of a new tax year approaches there will be an increase to the statutory rates payable for certain employment rights that...
3/21/2025 8:16:37 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Indirect Discrimination and childcare disparity following Marston (Holdings) Ltd v Perkins By Chris Cuckney Indirect discrimination remains an important consideration for businesses who are looking to implement new workplace policies or ways of...
3/13/2025 12:09:45 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Amendments to the Employment Rights Bill By Chris Cuckney In October 2024 the Government published the now famous Employment Rights Bill. The Government has since consulted on almost every aspect...
3/6/2025 9:01:32 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Ramadan 2025: Supporting workers in the workplace By Chris Cuckney The holy month of Ramadan started on 28 February 2025 and will conclude on the evening of 30 March 2025. For millions of practicing...
2/27/2025 11:03:56 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Statutory Neonatal Care Leave and Pay By Chris Cuckney In our blog at the turn of the year we highlighted that one of the significant changes this year would be the introduction of a new right...