Indirect discrimination Indirect discrimination extends protection beyond the ‘formal’ equality of treatment tackled by direct discrimination. It can apply where an...
Unfair dismissal: unsafe working conditions New web page added on this, including illustrative tribunal case on Covid-19. We have added a separate page on Unfair dismissal: unsafe work...
Rights of ‘workers’ on taking steps in response to danger, and to PPE The Government has issued draft regulations to extend to ‘workers’ protection for taking steps in response to danger. This is to...
EU law still relevant at the last hour In a recent case in the High Court the trade union that represents workers in the ‘gig economy’, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Bri...
Whistleblowing protection Summary Whistleblowing legislation protects workers against dismissal or other detriment if they make ‘protected disclosures’. This can incl...
Equality Act and bloodborne viruses Is the condition a disability? Workers will have greater rights, including to reasonable adjustments, if a bloodborne virus is a disability ...
Health and safety law on sharps injuries, incl needlestick directive Summary The EU needlestick directive was implemented (in part) by the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013, ...
Colour vision standards for firearms officers A police force succeeded in showing it was justified in withdrawing an officer with defective colour vision from firearms duties, but not in...
Health risk on overseas assignment Diana Kloss considers the case of an employee with multiple health conditions who was turned down for an overseas assignment. Might he have ...
Overseas assignment refused for health reasons The Court of Appeal held it was not direct discrimination, and was justified on the facts, to refuse to send an employee with multiple healt...
