A company director has been held personally liable for the discriminatory dismissal of a pregnant employee.
The director owned and ran an estate agency. He was the sole shareholder.
One of his employees gave him a letter confirming that she was pregnant. Within minutes of reading the letter, he told her that she was being made redundant. [...]
Ms Czikai, a contestant who submitted two Employment Tribunal claims following her failure to pass the audition stages of the televised talent show “Britains Got Talent” has been unsuccessful in the Tribunal.
Ms Csikai had claimed that Fremantle Media Ltd and Simco Ltd (the Show’s production companies), and Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden (two of the [...]
Equality Bill introduces protection against ‘dual discrimination’
The new Equality Bill, which is now making its way through parliament, has been amended to provide protection against dual discrimination.
Ministers believe the new protection is necessary because at present, people can only bring individual claims for each form of discrimination such as age, race, disability etc. The Government [...]
Court widens scope of Disability Discrimination Act to include third parties
In the recent case of Coleman v Attridge Law the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that the Disability Discrimination Act should be widened to include non-disabled persons who are discriminated against for being associated with disabled persons.
Ms Coleman alleged that she was forced to resign from [...]