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Disability Discrimination – How long can you delay making a reasonable adjustment?

Employment Solicitor and Law Lecturer Ian Winrow considers the decision in a recent disability discrimination case. In my many years of working as an Employment Law Solicitor and Citizens Advice Bureau Advisor, disability discrimination is unfortunately something I’ve come across repeatedly. It seems that employers often don’t understand their obligations in law and either won’t employ a disabled worker (which

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Three leading HR experts offer their opinion on tackling the Gender Pay Gap

As a leading employment law solicitor, Ian Winrow was invited to join two other HR experts in their respective fields to collaborate on an article for Employer News about how the UK can tackle the gender pay gap. We were delighted to work with Kay Phelps, a PR in HR specialist and Rameez Kaleem, Pay and Reward Consultant and Director

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How HR leaders can help their companies avoid discrimination at work claims

Our employment law solicitor, Ian Winrow was recently invited by Employer News to advise HR Leaders on how they can guide their workplaces to avoid claims of discrimination at work. Here is Ian’s article: I’m often asked by good employers on how they can avoid accidental discrimination in the workplace – however it seems many employers are not so cautious.

Maternity Discrimination: Victory for pregnant care assistant who challenged working hours

A Middlesborough care assistant who was dismissed after choosing to no longer opt out from exceeding a 48-hour-plus week during her pregnancy has been awarded nearly £36,000 in compensation. The Tribunal heard that care assistants who worked for the employer, Care Preference, were frequently required to work “on call” shifts outside their normal working hours to cover staff absences. This

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