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“Deeply flawed” investigation contributes to successful race discrimination claim

A London Tribunal has awarded just over £16,000 to a trainee emergency call operator for race discrimination following an inadequate disciplinary process by his employer Partnership of East London Cooperatives (PELC). Jerry Ogbonna was suspended …

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Government consults on regulation of non-disclosure agreements

The Government has published a consultation paper setting out how it proposes to take forward the recommendations made by the Women and Equalities Committee to regulate the use of non-disclosure agreements. The headline is that the Government is not …

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Parliamentary workers left “woefully unprotected” from sexual harassment says Fawcett Society

A report by equality charity the Fawcett Society and law firm Hogan Lovells has found that UK legislation around sexual harassment in politics is behind that of countries such as Australia, Denmark and New Zealand. In …

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Tribunal backlog continues to build

The number of outstanding employment tribunal cases has reached its highest level since the scrapping of tribunal fees in July 2017. The number is likely to rise further given the pressures on the system, according …

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Research into bullying in the Charity sector gets underway

The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) is partnering the Centre for Mental Health to carry out research about bullying in the charity sector. The project, Leading safe cultures: eliminating workplace bullying in charity …

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Prison Officer unfairly dismissed following campaign of victimisation

A tribunal has ruled that a bisexual prison officer who suffered a “campaign of direct discrimination and harassment” was unfairly dismissed. Ben Plaistow, who worked at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes from 2014 to 2016, …

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