In this edition:
• An ET awards £47,000 to a transgender employee who suffered severe discrimination and harassment and recommends that a policy be adopted and communicated on the treatment of transgender staff.
• An employee who was dismissed for attending a gin festival ‘to get away from it all’ while off sick with stress following the death of three friends has been awarded nearly £30,000 for unfair dismissal.
• The Mayor of London has published data on the pay gap affecting BAME employees within the Greater London Authority Group, making it among the first employers in the country to do so.
• The Minister for Women and Equalities has announced a £1.5 million fund which will offer grants to projects which help people to return to work in the private sector.
Partners and joint heads of the Music Department, Richard Baskind and Alasdair George, were featured, alongside Anthony Orum, who was promoted to partner in May last year.
Read moreIn this article new Partner, Rob Coleridge, shares a bit about himself, his practice and our firm.
Read morePhil Smith, head of the SMB crime team, is representing a 42-year-old woman charged with murder in a case which has attracted widespread media interest
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