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Discrimination and Harassment

Particular Focus on: 

Advising on all aspects of discrimination including: 

  • Sex discrimination (including marital discrimination);
  • Equal pay;
  • Race discrimination;
  • Disability discrimination, including whether an employee is disabled, the duty to make reasonable adjustments, obtaining medical evidence and liaising with occupational health and when it may be appropriate to dismiss;
  • Discrimination on grounds of religion or belief;
  • Sexual orientation discrimination;
  • Age discrimination, including service related benefits, retirement ages and the correct statutory procedures to be followed in retirement cases;
  • Bullying and harassment, including stress at work claims;
  • Less favourable treatment of part time workers and fixed term employees;
  • Avoiding discrimination and unfair dismissal claims and claims under the Protection from Harassment Act ; and
  • Drafting equal opportunities, anti-bullying/harassment and retirement policies and procedures.

Work with:          

We work with employers of all sizes as well as with employees.

Projects for the service worked on:

 

We have worked with a number of employers in relation to avoiding discrimination issues, including training managers and drafting policies and procedures.

 

We have successfully acted for both employees and employers in numerous cases dealing with all aspects of discrimination, including many stress at work claims.