The latest figures on the gender pay gap in large businesses show a slight reduction on last year. Legislation introduced in 2017 means that every employer with 250 or more employees has to publish the differences between what they pay their male and female staff in average salaries and bonuses. This is the second year
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an NHS Trust had not been entitled to withhold the salary of a doctor who was suspended from duty while police carried out an investigation into patient deaths. The doctor began working for the trust in 2003. In 2016, the trust became concerned that he had hastened the
The government says it’s committed to maintaining workers’ rights after the UK leaves the European Union. It says it will not reduce the standards of protection in EU laws retained in UK law and will ensure that new legislation changing those laws will be assessed as to whether they uphold this commitment. It says parliament,
A female economist has been awarded £19,000 after she was overlooked for promotion by her employer who instead gave the job to a less qualified male colleague. Olwen Renowden joined the Office for National Statistics in August 2016 as a grade 7 economist. In February 2017, she applied for an advertised grade 6 economist role
The new National Minimum and Living Wage rates came into effect on 1 April. The new rates are: £8.21 per hour for ages 25 and over £7.70 per hour for ages 21 to 24 £6.15 per hour for ages 18 to 20 £4.35 per hour for school leaving age to 17 £3.90 per hour for
An employer must provide workers with a “compensatory” rest period when it’s not possible to offer the standard breaks as required by law. However, the compensatory period doesn’t have be identical to the standard break; it just has to be of equal value in contributing to the worker’s well-being. That was the decision of the
A man who suffered from depression was discriminated against by his employers when his request for flexible working hours was denied. That was the decision of the Employment Tribunal in a case involving the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and one of its case workers, Mr Chris Hargreaves. Mr Hargreaves had been on flexible
London Underground has found itself in the unusual position of having to pay twice to compensate agency workers in a dispute over back pay. The issue arose following the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. After it came into force on 24 December 2011, workers employed by London Underground through an agency became entitled
An 88-year-old woman who was dismissed from her job with the NHS has become the oldest person in the UK to win an age discrimination claim. Eileen Jolly told the Employment Tribunal that she felt “humiliated and degraded” by the way she was treated by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Mrs Jolly had started
A postman has lost his race discrimination claim against Royal Mail. In dismissing his case, the Court of Appeal outlined the twin test that must be passed to win such a claim. The court heard that the postman had graduate and post-graduate qualifications in forensic computing and had applied unsuccessfully for over 30 internal posts