‘The Court of Appeal in (1) Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali & (2) Chief Constable of Leicestershire v Hextall [2019] EWCA Civ 900, has overturned the Employment Appeal Tribunal and held that employees do not unlawfully discriminate against men when when paying them less for shared parental leave than they pay women when taking enhanced maternity pay as part of maternity leave. Such claims are not sex discrimination claims but equal terms claims, to be brought under the Equal Pay Act 1970, which are bound to fail because they relate to terms of work affording special treatment to woman in connection with pregnancy of childbirth. An appeal to the Supreme Court is possible.’
UK Police Law Blog, 29th May 2019
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘A bill which aims to protect women’s jobs when they return to work after giving birth will have little impact, a pregnancy rights campaigner says.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘MPs have unanimously voted to implement a year-long trial of proxy voting for MPs on parental leave.’
BBC News, 29th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Pregnant women and parents returning to work will receive greater protection from redundancy under new plans. The government proposes extending legal protection against redundancy for pregnant women for six months after they return to work.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Uber is to provide additional protection for its drivers and couriers across Europe, including 70,000 in the UK, with limited insurance against sickness and injury as well as small maternity and paternity payments.’
The Guardian, 23rd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has handed down judgment in the appeal case of Hextall v Leicestershire Police UKEAT/0139/17/DA. Mr Hextall is a police officer who took Shared Parental Leave. However, under the informal national policy that exists at the current time in relation to the payment of such leave, he was paid only at the statutory rate and not the enhanced rate paid to mothers taking maternity leave.’
UK Police Law Blog, 3rd May 2018
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘British businesses are losing hundreds of millions of pounds every year as a result of women being forced out of jobs after having a baby, a damning report from the equalities watchdog has revealed.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘New mothers are facing increasing discrimination when they take maternity leave including being made redundant and switched to zero-hours contracts.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The job, the team and the clients may all be the same, but most female lawyers who I talk to on their return to work tell me that it’s the new challenges they face which can make it harder than they anticipated to feel like the balance between work, family and career is right.’
The Lawyer, 26th July 2016
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling on childcare vouchers is at odds with the approach taken by most employers.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th May 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Working grandparents will be allowed to take time off and share parental leave pay to help care for their grandchildren, the government has said.’
BBC News, 4th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Women returning from maternity leave are more likely to face discrimination in the workplace than they were a decade ago, according to a report published today by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.’
The Guardian, 24th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Tribunal hears Julie Humphryes felt she was being ‘marginalised by the company’ while she was on maternity leave.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘New rules heralding Scandinavian-style shared parental leave of up to 50 weeks come into force this weekend as concerns continue that many employers are not ready for the “complicated and challenging” changes.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Six out of ten mothers think their careers were “derailed” and they faced open discrimination after becoming pregnant, new research by Slater & Gordon has revealed.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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