HR Articles

The Prime Minister has announced this week that private and public sector employers have signed up to recruit graduates on a "name blind" basis.

In Bethnal Green and Shoreditch Education Trust v Ms Dippenaar, the EAT considered whether there was a provision, criterion or practice ("PCP")of dismissing senior, more expensive teachers and replacing them with less experienced recruits. Ms Dippenaar had 13 years' teaching experience and until 2012, her teaching had consistently been highly rated. Immediately following the appointment of a Head of Faculty, Ms Dippenaar started to receive negative teaching assessments which were in stark contrast to her previous assessments...

Permila Tirkey has been awarded almost £184,000 in unpaid wages from her former employers after a landmark case in which her caste was taken into consideration as part of her race discrimination complaint.

Employers should sit up and take note of the recent decision in Hall v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, which involved a claim of discrimination arising from disability.