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Exploring Toronto – The Beaches
Toronto always surprises me. Everytime that I think I have seen every nook and cranny I find a new place to explore. Here are some pictures of the Beaches area, which I would recommend that you check out. Here is a link … Continue reading
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Plans for Equality Reform published by the Home Office
Plans for Equality Reform published by the Home Office Details of a number of planned equality reforms have been published today on the Home Office web site after the “Red Tape Challenge”: which, although it sounds like the name of … Continue reading
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Suggestion that aggrieved employee was “playing the race card” was direct discrimination
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently upheld an Employment Tribunal‘s decision that a black employee, who complained about his manager’s conduct, was discriminated against directly when a senior manager commented erroneously that his complaint was one of race discrimination. … Continue reading
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Case Summary – Miss I Zarkasi v Ms Luisa Anindita and Mr Meng Tse Tan – UKEAT/0400/11/JOJ
Facts The appellant, Ms Zarkasi, was an Indonesian woman who having agreed to assume a false identity, obtained a passport and tourist visa which enabled her to enter the UK. Ms Zarkasi lived and worked with the Respondents in the UK … Continue reading
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The gender imbalance on EU corporate boards
A recent European Commission report[1] highlights the limited progress made one year after EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding, called for publicly listed companies to voluntarily increase women’s presence on corporate boards[2]. The EU’s response has been the … Continue reading
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The Queen’s speech (2012) “no alarms and no surprises please”
There were no surprises in the Queen’s speech. The notes to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill state that the government will “Overhaul the employment tribunal system, and transform the dispute resolution landscape”. This rather vague aspiration will give the government … Continue reading →
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