An important change to the law has been introduced to the Enterprise Bill currently making its way through parliament. In short, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will not apply if the reason, or main reason, for the dismissal is political opinion. The bill does not make dismissals related to...

An interesting case published today appears to show the appeal tribunal beginning to tire over sensitive employees. The case in question concerns a newsroom, where an employee shouted “What’s happened to the f#cking Pope?” and a Catholic sub editor took offence. The Appeal Tribunal ruled that this was NOT harassment....

An interesting case was published last week relating to disability discrimination (DDA) although more a parable of the importance of a good lawyer.The case involved JP Morgan, who had an employee who was injured while on a skiing holiday and became disabled.He returned to work part time and performed better...