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European Court of Human Rights rejects crucifix appeals (again)

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • June 6 2013

Those who thought that the debate about where to draw the line in accommodating religious beliefs at work had been pretty much ended by the

It’s not looking good for successful recruitment

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 7 2013

"Using a recruitment agency which specialises in the supply of attractive staff could be discriminatory", warn lawyers. Of course they do. "Lookist"

Dismissal of employee for working in second job while on sick leave was unfair. What?

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 27 2011

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that an employer’s dismissal of an employee for working in a second job while on sick leave from the first was unfair

Miss collegiality invalid justification in UK age discrimination claims

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 4 2013

Mixed news on the discrimination front last with what should be the last knockings of Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes, the age claim brought by a

Form or substance? the relevance of grammar in recruitment

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 23 2013

Reports on the BBC News On-Line last week suggest another "return to old fashioned values", the Government's stock response when all else fails

Teenage kicks when the truth hurts

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 14 2013

So is it age discrimination to called a teenage employee a "teenager"? All a question of context, the Employment Tribunal decided in Roberts -v- Cash

Secrets and lies admissibility of covertly-obtained evidence in the UK employment tribunal

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 14 2013

Some more sensible guidance this week from the people who brought you Heafield -v- The Times

Ensure final written warnings are issued fairly especially if you want to rely on them later

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 24 2011

Most employers are aware of the need to tick all the relevant procedural boxes when it comes to taking a decision to dismiss - but how confident are you that your managers apply the same rigorous approach when issuing final written warnings?

Curious and curiouser UK tribunal’s perplexing decision on discrimination claims

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 29 2013

A back-to-front case reported in the Daily Mail Online last week (a friend told me) concerned the mixed fortunes of Lockheed Martin PA Dawn Bailey in

Terminating a pregnant worker’s employment during the probationary period

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain, United Kingdom
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  • December 22 2009

Under Spanish law, the dismissal of a pregnant employee will generally be found to be invalid, with the consequent obligation on the employer to reinstate the employee to her job and to pay her the wages that would have been due to her from the dismissal until the date of the judgment