HR Networking Forum – September 2024 (in-person)
Can an employer benefit from a “future claims” waiver under a settlement agreement where employment is continuing?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) have ruled that in some circumstances, a “future claims” waiver in a settlement agreement may be enforceable where employment is continuing.
A Duty to Redeploy?
Are employers required to consider redeploying employees within their business, as an alternative to dismissing them?
Redundancy where an employee is pregnant or on maternity leave
In the case of Ballerino v Racecourse Association Ltd, the EAT has considered how an employment tribunal should have approached claims of pregnancy and maternity discrimination and automatic unfair dismissal in the context of a redundancy dismissal
Changes afoot for Employment Law
The newly-elected Labour government are proposing a raft of employment law changes under their “new deal for working people”.
Personal liability for discrimination
Can employees be personally liable for discrimination claims, even when a claim succeeds against their employer?
General Election Update
What might the upcoming general election mean for employment law?
Disability – What Does the Employer Know?
What level of knowledge does an employer need in order to be liable for disability discrimination?
Discrimination claims and the shifting burden of proof
The EAT found that a tribunal failed to address the shifting burden of proof from employee to employer in a race discrimination claim, but still rejected the employee’s appeal.