Equality Act – Law Journals

Equality Act: First long Covid ruling marks a turning point in employment law

Toby Pochron examines the steps employers should take following a recent decision on whether long Covid can amount to a disability If long Covid is a disability, then employers will have a greater responsibility to support employees in times of sickness and when returning to the workplace. Since the term ‘long Covid’ emerged, the condition …

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Equality Act: Learning the lessons from the latest disability discrimination case law

Katie Hurst explores what employers can learn from three recent disability discrimination cases Follows serves as a good reminder to employers to think carefully before they introduce requirements which might affect employees who are disabled or associated with someone who is disabled. This article reviews some recent cases that have helped to shed light on …

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Equality Act: Choosing a suitable comparator – two recent cases

The tricky issue of comparators has hit the headlines recently. Crowley Woodford and Sarah-Jane Gemmell take a closer look Employment tribunals should not weigh themselves down with extensive fact-finding exercises on the issue of whether the comparators would be employed on the same terms at the claimants’ establishment as at their own establishment. There have …

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