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A London recruitment agency, Matching Models, has been heavily criticised for posting job adverts on their website for “attractive women”, a “sexy female driver”, and a PA with “a classic look, brown long hair with b-c cup”.

More than 7,000 Asda employees have brought equal pay claims in the Employment Tribunal, alleging that in-store work such as shelf-stacking and checkout roles (predominantly carried out by female employees) is of equal value to warehouse work (predominantly carried out by men).

In the case of Buchanan v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the EAT gave useful guidance on the objective justification defence available to employers in certain discrimination claims

In the case of Snell v Network Rail, the tribunal awarded a father just over £28,000 in compensation after he was refused the same pay as his wife while on shared parental leave.

Most UK employers are well aware that the law protects job applicants from unlawful discrimination - for example because of their sex, race or age

The EAT has recently held that protecting a disabled employee’s pay following his move to a lower paid role was a reasonable adjustment.

The regulations governing gender pay gap reporting were initially intended to be published this summer and to come into force in October of this year, however, the Government Equalities Office has now announced that the regulations are likely to be put before Parliament later this year with a view to them coming into force in April 2017.

In a decision last month the European Court of Justice (ECJ) effectively closed the door to a bogus job applicant whose motivation had been to claim compensation for discrimination.

In the recent case of Arriva London North Ltd v Maseya, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a party’s case should only be struck out in exceptional circumstances.

Following two months of persistent, unwanted attentions and a questionable redundancy to follow, Miss Majid successfully brought claims of sex discrimination and harassment, against her employer and her co-worker, and was awarded compensation accordingly.