HRizon employment law newsletter
February 2024
HRizon employment law newsletter – February 2024
Welcome to our February HRizon employment law newsletter. This month we:
- Report on two recent discrimination cases
- Outline the new statutory code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement, which is expected to come into force later this year
- Look at the new EHRC guidance on menopause in the workplace
- Provide a detailed tracker summarising the key pieces of employment legislation expected to come into force over the next year
- Highlight other key cases and HR news from the last month
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Recent cases
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Disability discrimination: should an employer have made reasonable adjustments to its promotion selection process for an employee with a stammer?
An employer had not discriminated against a disabled employee when it failed to adjust its promotion selection process on account of his stammer. Although the employer knew that the employee was disabled, it did not have actual or constructive knowledge of the specific disadvantage this would cause him in the interview process. Read more.
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Discrimination: £470K compensation awarded to dyslexic employee after discriminatory unfair dismissal
An employment tribunal has awarded £470K to a dyslexic employee after his discriminatory and unfair dismissal for using a racial slur in a race awareness training session. Read more.
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HR news
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Employment Tribunal fees back on the agenda
The Ministry of Justice has launched a public consultation on re-introducing Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal fees, possibly from as early as November 2024. Read more.
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Dismissal and re-engagement: Parliament asked to approve new statutory code of practice
The Government has published its response to its 2023 consultation on the draft statutory code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement, and placed an updated draft code before Parliament for approval. Read more.
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EHRC publishes new guidance on menopause in the workplace
The EHRC has published new guidance for employers on menopause in the workplace. Read more.
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Tracker: employment legislation due to come into force during 2024
2024 is expected to be an exceptionally busy year for new employment law legislation. We summarise the key details of the forthcoming changes to help you keep track. Read more.
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