Miss K Thomas v Maximus UK Services Ltd

Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. This week, we  look at whether a Claimant was entitled to enhanced maternity pay after signing a new contract with terms which were less favourable and not drawn to her attention. Those that missed our last case update of the dismissal of the Christian [...]

Omooba v Michael Garret Associates

Hello everyone and thank you for joining us for another case of the week update. For everyone that missed our last update about a whistleblowing claim, you can find that here. This week, we are looking at whether a Christian actress can be fairly dismissed from a lesbian role in the case of Omooba v [...]

Wicked Vision Ltd v Rice – Unfair Dismissal, Whistleblowing and Protected Disclosures

Welcome back to another case of the week. This week we’re looking at Unfair Dismissal, Whistleblowing and Protected Disclosures in the recent case of Wicked Vision Ltd v Rice. The Claimant was employed by the Respondent as the Head of Sales at Wicked Vision Ltd from 19 November 2017 until his dismissal on 18 February [...]

Newsletter – February 2024

  Hello and thank you for joining us for our February newsletter. We're on the homestretch towards spring and having lighter evenings again! This month, in our roundup of employment related news stories we’ve seen AI deepfake videos targeting firms, a rise in neurodiversity discrimination claims, and in our lighter side of the news, a strange [...]

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Neurodiversity in the Workplace

Employment Tribunals have alleged there were more than 100 neurodiversity discrimination claims in 2022 that cited dyslexia, autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, and Asperger’s. Neurodiversity describes the different ways people’s brains process information. Workplace disputes can arise when neurodivergent employees feel their performance or behaviour is being rated unfairly for reasons relating to their condition. If an [...]

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Lighter Side of the News

Personality quizzes have been a thing for a while now and is a method used to evaluate someone’s personality which is usually grouped into: listener, mediator, thinker, defender, campaigner, or energizer. A new Paradox.ai personality test has gone viral recently because of its long and bizarre scenarios it interactively places job candidates in as a [...]

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Feedback of the Week

We've had some great feedback from one of Phil's clients this week: R H said: “PJH Law was recommended to me and now I would certainly recommend Philip to anyone. Communication was excellent. He was understanding, knowledgeable and professional, giving me the confidence to make the right decisions and get the right result during a [...]

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Z v Commerzbank AG

Welcome back everyone and thank you for joining us for this week's case of the week. Before we begin, we would like to say thank you to everyone who has booked on to this year’s seminar. For those yet to book their place it will be on Tuesday 12 March and we'll be discussing all employment [...]

Glasson v The Insolvency Service

This week we ask the question - does not providing extra time in an interview for an employee with a stammer amount to disability discrimination? For those that missed our last update where we looked at a significant case on whether anti-Zionist beliefs amounted to a protected belief, you can catch up here. This week's [...]

Do anti-Zionist beliefs qualify as philosophical beliefs that qualify for protection under the Equality Act 2010?

University of Bristol  v  Professor David Millar Hello again and welcome back to our case of the week. Last week we looked at a race discrimination claim in the case of Dr Nicholas Jones v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Those that missed it can find it here. This week we're looking [...]

Annual Employment Law Update 2024 Tuesday 12th March

Every April new employment law legislation comes into effect which all employers must comply with. This year sees some significant changes to many areas of HR including holiday pay calculation, harassment at work and flexible working requests. If you would be interested in learning more about these changes and what your company needs to do [...]

By |2024-02-09T10:07:53+00:00February 9th, 2024|PJH & Industry News|0 Comments

Dr Nicholas Jones v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Welcome back to another case of the week.  Last week our newsletter covered a professor who suffered victimisation, harassment and direct discrimination for expressing her views at a Women’s Place UK talk, mass redundancy at Port Talbot and DPD learning that it’s not just disgruntled employees that can be disloyal when its own AI chatbot stated [...]

Newsletter – January 2024

Happy January all and welcome back to our monthly newsletter. We hope you are all recovering from the January blues as we get closer towards February. This month, we have a look into a recent successful claim of unfair dismissal due to the Claimant's gender critical views, the recently announced closure of a steelworks leading [...]

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