Rhys-Harper v Relaxion Group plc [2003] UKHL 33

Shared Parental Leave: Tackling the tricky issues

Ed Bowyer and Jo Broadbent provide answers to some of the more difficult queries being raised about the new SPL system ‘If tribunals continue to accept that the purpose of maternity leave is not simply to care for a child, the prospects of a successful direct discrimination claim remain slim.’ Most employers and their advisers …

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Equality Act: No protection against post-employment victimisation

An EAT ruling has highlighted that the UK’s discrimination legislation is at odds with EU law, reports Olivia Toulson It is doubtful that Parliament ever intended to exclude post-employment victimisation and it is clear that EU law requires employees to have protection against such treatment. In Rowstock Ltd v Jessemey [2013], the Employment Appeal Tribunal …

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