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The Government has published their long-anticipated roadmap to implementing the Employment Rights Bill (Bill) this month. The roadmap outlines the strategic plan for bringing the Bill into effect and sets out how the Government will roll out the Bill in a way that benefits both workers and businesses.

The claimant worked as a teacher and during her initial engagement emailed to the school principal that she believed she had aspergers syndrome.

Tribunal ruled that an apprentice employee was neither unfairly dismissed nor discriminated against on the grounds of his disability.

Tribunal ruled that an apprentice employee was neither unfairly dismissed nor discriminated against on the grounds of his disability.

As an employer, are you faced with making redundancies? In the recent case of Hendy Group Ltd v Daniel Kennedy [2024] EAT 106, you must be sure you have made a reasonable effort to identify or support alternative employment.

The much awaited Employment Rights Bill inches closer towards implementation with the government releasing a Road Map to Implementation.

Higgs LLP’s award winning Corporate team has advised prominent Black Country headquartered Boss Design on its sale to the Japanese listed corporate Okamura.

In this case, the Court of Appeal considered that dismissal for an employee's expression of controversial beliefs on social media amounted to unlawful discrimination.

Our webinar covers the meaning of neurodiversity and the legal position and risks associated with managing these issues in the workplace.

Discrimination claims relating to menopause can be complicated and often include more than one protected characteristic and there is no cap on the compensation that can be awarded for discrimination claims relating to menopause.

In the recent case of Godfrey v NatWest Market plc [2024] EAT 81 the Employment Appeals Tribunal ruled that a former employer did not have either actual or constructive knowledge of the employee’s post-employment diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

The recent case of Carozzi vs University of Hertfordshire [2014] EAT 169 ruled that comments about a person's accent can amount to harassment related to race.