Discrimination Law: Uncharted territory

Macfarlanes LLP | Employment Law Journal | November 2015 #165
Three recent decisions have pushed the boundaries of who can bring discrimination claims, write Tabitha Georghiou and Matthew Ramsey ‘A new era has dawned for discrimination law. Employment practitioners must learn to focus primarily on why the offending conduct took place.’ Discrimination law has traditionally been seen as a means of protecting individuals who fall …

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Disability Law: Ruling narrows scope of associative discrimination

Weightmans LLP | Employment Law Journal | September 2014 #153
Employees must have a disability themselves for the duty to make reasonable adjustments to apply, reports Phil Allen ‘Disability discrimination law can become very complicated when trying to apply it to many genuine day-to-day employee issues.’A Court of Appeal judgment has placed a significant curb on the extent of the duty to make reasonable adjustments …

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