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04 October 2016
What does the law say service providers who provide services to the public need to do in relation to disabled service users? This Note summarises the law and some key practical pointers.
14 September 2016
The Scottish government intends to abolish employment tribunal fees for claims raised in Scotland. We don’t have a date for that yet, and we don’t know the detail, but we can speculate as to the potential consequences.
01 September 2016
Some employers will be familiar with the scenario where an individual applies for a job which on the face of it they are not suitable for, and there is a suspicion they do not genuinely want the job. They might set out a list of demands for “reasonable adjustments” for disability, or may make clear they have another protected characteristic. There are some applicants, unfortunately, who will apply for a job not because they genuinely wish to secure it, but because they wish to bring a claim for discrimination when they are not offered it (or not given an interview etc). Particularly in cases where there are complex requirements in relation to disability, the employer is being “set up to fail”.
08 September 2016
There has been considerable media activity around the issue of zero hours contracts, not least given their prominence in some businesses and the apparent desire by some business owners to eliminate their use. The Office of National Statistics reported that around 2.5% of the UK working population has a zero hours contract. That amounts to the entire population of Glasgow and Aberdeen combined. Research has also shown that zero hours workers tend also to be young, part time, women or in part time education. What are these contracts and what rights exist?
31 August 2016
Employers will be aware that the Equality Act requires reasonable adjustments to be made where a disabled person is placed at a particular disadvantage in the workplace. Common adjustments include hours of work, additional support, changes to workload etc.
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