Discrimination

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Employment appeal tribunal overturns discrimination case strike-out

An Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned a decision to strike out sex and age discrimination claims

Striking workers are protected against detriment by the Blacklisting Regulations

Glenn Hayes, a Partner at Hill Dickinson, dissects the ruling in Morais and Ors v Ryanair DAC and what it means in practice for workers involved in official industrial action

Vento bands – a cautionary tale for judges and practitioners

Kaajal Nathwani, a Partner at Osborne & Wise, assesses several recent judgments by the Employment Appeal Tribunal regarding the assessment of compensation for injury to feelings and the importance of careful analysis and supporting evidence

Comments about a colleague’s baldness amounted to sex-related harassment

Chris Hadrill, a Partner in the employment team at Redmans, shares his thoughts on a recent case involving sex-related harassment before the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the takeaways for employers

Closing the gender gap in Cyprus

Athina Evagorou explores how Cyprus is making strides towards gender equality through new legislation

The (electric) lamp… Is it time for juries to be replaced by AI?

Edward Hodgson, an Associate at Corker Binning, assesses whether artificial intelligence has improved to such an extent that criminal defendants could be tried by machines

The history of employment law and two newly proposed bills

Kaajal Nathwani, Head of Employment Law at Curwens, explains that we’ve come a long way since the ‘master’ and ‘servant’ dystopia of early employment law, and looks what the two new bills put forward by the new government might mean for the employee–employer relationship

AI will impact the labour market, but how will Labour impact the AI market?

Paul Kavanagh, Dylan Balbirnie and Anita Hodea review the future of AI regulation in the UK under the new Labour government