by admin6989 | 21 Oct, 2018 | Disability, Employment Law
Can a person be forced to express a belief they do not hold? No, unless coercion can be justified, says the Supreme Court in Lee v Ashers Baking Company Limited. A gay man, Mr Gareth Lee, placed an order with Ashers Bakery for a cake iced with a depiction of the...
by admin6989 | 15 Aug, 2018 | Disability, Employment Law
We are often asked by employers whether they need to make reasonable adjustments for disabled job applicants. The answer is, of course, yes. We welcome the opportunity to assist in such cases as it means we can help a disabled candidate get the support they need and...
by admin6989 | 7 Aug, 2018 | Employment Law
The recent case of solicitor Ms Deborah Elizabeth Daniels illustrates how dangerous it is to use social media to be abusive. Ms Daniels was suspended and fined as the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal who found that she had used Twitter to be abusive towards...
by admin6989 | 25 Mar, 2018 | Employment Law
Really Easy Car Credit Limited v Thompson Ms Thompson (Claimant) had worked for Really Easy Car Credit Limited (Respondent) for a short period of time and was still within her probationary period when it was decided that she would be dismissed due to her “emotional...
by admin6989 | 23 Mar, 2018 | Disability, Employment Law, SEN
Mr T Toy v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police: UKEAT/0124/17/LA This is the second case we know of that has been reported this year that addresses the issue of an employer’s knowledge of an employee’s disability. Factual Background Mr Toy (who is a Turkish...
by admin6989 | 10 Feb, 2018 | Disability, Employment Law, SEN
Last week the Court of Appeal upheld the earlier decision in Donelien v Liberata UK Limited; this related to the assertion by an employer that they did not have constructive knowledge of an employee’s disability and therefore had no duty to make reasonable...
