A more significant change has been made to the law on indirect discrimination. Under s19 Equality Act 2010, a claimant alleging indirect discrimination must share the same protected characteristic as the group being placed at a disadvantage. As of 1 January 2024, a new section has been inserted...
bearing in mind that in light of this decision an employer's potential exposure to historic holiday pay claims is increased. (Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew)
Book Review: Fair Employment Law in Northern Ireland: Debates and Issues, Policy Aspects of Employment Equality in Northern Ireland, Public Views and Experiences of Fair Employment and Equality Issues in Northern Ireland:doi:10.1177/079160359600600115John Doyle...
On 3 July 2024, the US District Court in the Northern District of Texas inRyan LLC v. Federal Trade Commissionpreliminarily enjoined the implementation and enforcement against the named plaintiffs of the proposed rule and stayed the rule’s effective date with respect to the plaintiffs. In its...
our predictions for 2024: our top 5 trends to watch in the year ahead Top 10 case law developments of 2023 1. Gender critical beliefs Protection of employees with ¨gender critical¨ beliefs and in particular potential conflicts between differing beliefs/views in this regard seems set to re...
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By the time it received Royal Assent on 29 June this year, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (the “2023 Act”) had been pared back from a full revocation of all REUL. It imposed the following key changes which will take effect as of 01 January 2024: ...
changes can Europe counter the shrinking labor force. Yet, even under such optimistic conditions, Europe will not be able to prevent its labor force from aging. If participation rates in all countries were to converge to those in northern Europe, or the retirement age were to increase by 10 ...