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Collective redundancies: no priority treatment for pregnant workers
...maternity leave has the right to be offered any suitable available vacancy. Employers are required to provide written reasons for dismissing a pregnant worker or one who is on maternity leave, b...
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Flexible working requests and indirect discrimination
...maternity leave, she worked full-time, five days a week, on a flexible basis as set out in a rota. While on maternity leave, she made a flexible working request, asking to work part-time, three days a...
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EasyJet rosters indirectly discriminated against breastfeeding mothers
...maternity leave and there were no opportunities to express milk whilst they were on shift. Both employees obtained fitness to work certificates from their GPs, indicating that there was an increased ...
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Pregnant Workers may be Protected Before Informing Employer of Pregnancy
...maternity leave the right to be offered any suitable available vacancy. The Advocate General’s opinion suggests that women should be given the same priority treatment if their role becomes redun...
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Discriminatory shared parental pay policy: father awarded £27,000 compensation
...leave policy provided enhanced pay for mothers, primary adopters and first surrogate parents on shared parental leave. They could receive up to 26 weeks’ full pay, followed by 13 weeks’ paid at the s...
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The without prejudice rule: exaggerated allegations and unambiguous impropriety
...maternity leave. She argued that a colleague had been wrongly promoted ahead of her and she attached that colleague’s CV. Two of her emails also contained confidential information about client transac...
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Reasonable adjustments: no need to show adjustment will work
...maternity leave her error rate rose due, she claimed, to the change in supervisor. The Trust began a formal review procedure at the end of which it dismissed her on grounds of capability. She claime...
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Do employers have to provide facilities for employees to express breastmilk?
...maternity leave, Ms Mellor informed the school that she was still breastfeeding her baby and would need a private room to express her breastmilk. Despite reminders, the school failed to provide this. ...