News - 1 - 13 October 2022

Here is the news.

The Civil Service have rounded on Jacob Rees-Mogg’s plans to decimate them.(1)Bolt, the ride hailing app, like their counterparts Uber, are facing legal action over employment rights.(2)A recent poll shows that 26% of pregnant mothers are worried about pregnancy discrimination despite the protections of the Equality Act 2010.(3)As if we didn’t know, there is a massive shortage of support workers.(4)The Conservative Party conference outlined the plans for Britannia Unchained and the impact on Employment Law is profound.(5)

We have a host of caselaw this week. The first looks at legal privilege in respect of a grievance investigation report.(6) The court of session finds a local authority’s disclosure of care services to be unlawful.(7) A solicitor who was dismissed whilst recovering from cancer has won both unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.(8)Continuing in discrimination a nurse who was dismissed for time off due to migraines, anxiety & depression was dismissed unfairly and subjected to discrimination.(9)The EAT has rejected an appeal for unfair dismissal against the House of Commons Commission.(10) The EAT has found against an application to consider disability discrimination citing s.15 Equality Act 2010.(11)In another appeal, the EAT has found that granting special leave to ‘shielding’ employees during the COVID-19 pandemic was not discriminatory.(12)We conclude this week with the dangers of unnecessary criticism in ‘whistleblowing’ complaints.(13)