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What is the injury to feelings award and how is it calculated?

Alex Murray

Where an employee is discriminated against by their employer in relation to a protected characteristic, they can bring a number of claims under the Equality Act 2010. The protected characteristics set out in this Act are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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Advice for employees

At Bermans, we understand that facing employment law issues can be challenging and stressful. Our dedicated team of expert employment law solicitors is here to support you through a variety of employment-related issues, ensuring that your rights are protected and your concerns are addressed with the utmost professionalism and care.

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Sexual harassment claim rejected

Adrian Fryer

Adrian Fryer

A warehouse worker has lost his discrimination claim after complaining about his boss having the name ‘Willy’. In Aylmer v Dnata Catering, the Claimant objected to his boss, William McGinty, referring to himself as ‘Willy’. The Claimant asked his boss to avoid using the name because of its other common use as a slang term for penis. He said in an email to his boss: “If you don’t remove it and keep insisting on being called that – I consider it as sexual harassment.” When his complaints were not followed up, he claimed that he had been victimised on the basis that his initial complaints related to sexual harassment.

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High Court rules that employee whose duties were re-assigned was constructively dismissed

Adrian Fryer

Adrian Fryer

Contracts of employment often include a provision which states that employers are able to alter an employee’s powers and responsibilities. A recent High Court decision serves as a reminder that such clauses are not without limit, and must be exercised in such a way that trust and confidence in the employment relationship is not undermined.

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Employment Appeal Tribunal looks at test for justification in indirect discrimination claims

Adrian Fryer

Adrian Fryer

Indirect discrimination occurs where an employer has a provision, criterion or practice (known as a ‘PCP’) which places people with a certain protected characteristic, and also places the person complaining, at a particular disadvantage when compared to people without that characteristic. An example might include a restrictive working pattern which women (who are acknowledged to statistically take the higher childcare burden) find more difficult to comply with than men. An employee impacted by this work pattern could allege indirect discrimination.

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