A personal, social, and sometimes medical process by which a person’s gender presentation (the way they appear to others) is changed. Anyone who proposes to, starts or has completed the process to change his or her gender is protected from discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
Grievances are internal complaints made by workers to their employers. The grievance may concern the behavior of a work colleague or manager. Employers that do not have a grievance procedure are often penalised in ETs. We can draft an inexpensive grievance procedure for your business. We can advise employees on how to make best use […]
It is disappointing to see how many cases arise from a misunderstanding of this concept. Summary dismissal, dismissal without paying the employee’s notice period, is usually justified by reference to the employee’s commission of gross misconduct. That is where problems for the employer generally begin. It is not sufficient to class any misconduct as gross […]
This is a form of discrimination. In everyday non-legal use the word describes verbal or physical abuse. The legal definition more specifically describes unwanted conduct that creates a hostile environment. Its precise legal definition is in the Equality Act 2010.
Second-hand account of events or conversations.
Where something is held by a court or tribunal, this is its decision.
Terms of a contract of employment that are not written where the courts “imply” a term where it is absolutely necessary or where it is clear that the parties would have agreed to that term if it had been discussed.
Costs assessed on the basis that the benefit of any doubt about what is fair should be given to the person receiving them.
This is where employees are made subject to a rule or treatment that on its face is neutral between different groups but which indirectly discriminates. For example, imposing the same minimum height requirement on all employees could disproportionately affect women who are generally not as tall as men and who may as a result be […]
Making the documents on the disclosure list that are not privileged available to the other party.