• The EAT rules that an ET erred in rejecting a reasonable adjustment claim by an employee with ulcerative colitis who was not provided with a dedicated parking space as there was no focus on the anxiety she suffered.
• An ET finds that direct discrimination because of sexual orientation occurred when a lesbian employee was told not to make her sexuality common knowledge as the owner of the business was ‘old school’.
• Two regulations have been published amending the Agency Worker Regulations from 6 April 2020 to require written pay-related information to be provided to workers and abolishing the Swedish derogation.
• The Equalities Office issues guidance for employers on the evidence-based actions they can take to support women to progress, to help to close the gender pay gap and increase gender equality in the workplace.
In a judgment handed down on Tuesday 19th January, SMB won a claim to recover the domain name blackjack.com on behalf of our client, Hanger Holdings.
Read moreOn 4th January the Prime Minister announced that a new national lockdown would come into force from midnight 5th January as a result of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreSMB advise Stagwell Group LLC, the digital marketing investment group, on its acquisition of London based digital marketing agency, Forward3D Group.
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