The Heyday litigation ended with the publication of the High Court’s judgment last month. After various name changes it now goes by the title R (on the application of Age UK) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills [2009] EWHC 2336 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 141(Sep).
R (on the application of Age UK) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, [2009] EWHC 2336 (Admin)
Compulsory retirement age remains legal...but only just
More people are now potentially classed as disabled & so entitled to protection
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) is to hear a test case on whether an employee’s belief in global warning and decision to lead a carbon emission minimising life amounted to a “philosophical belief” for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003.
Lookism in the workplace—discrimination or a fact of life? asks Helen Crossland
In Stockton on Tees Borough Council v Aylott [2009] IRLR 548, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has given further confirmation that the restrictive test for disability-related discrimination laid down by the House of Lords in London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] 4 All ER 525 applies equally to the employment field. No surprises there then.
Pressure on the government to abandon the national default retirement age (DRA) mounted last week as a landmark case reached the High Court.
Spencer Keen looks at time limits in reasonable adjustments cases under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
JFS pupil selection: race discrimination or religious freedom? asks Craig Rose
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes