• An ET upholds an employee’s disability related harassment claim and awards him £8,000 after his manager accidentally ‘pocket-dialled’ him and compared him unfavourably to an “able bodied” team member.
• The EAT confirms that three Addison Lee drivers were workers under the Working Time Regulations 1998 and the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 as they undertook to perform services personally.
• The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry into the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements to examine wider issues, other than just sexual harassment, e.g. pregnancy discrimination or racist abuse.
• A UNISON survey, including over 2,500 staff with caring responsibilities, shows that both parents and carers struggle to stay in work because of inflexible working conditions and need more support.
This great achievement marks the second year running in which an SMB client has won this prestigious award, with client Curious Films winning it last year.
Read moreSimons Muirhead Burton is pleased to congratulate our client Happy Town Productions Limited on the release of Happy Town series 1 on Sky Kids.
Read morePartner and head of SMB’s Criminal department, Phil Smith, featured on Nine News Australia yesterday, discussing the Sam Kerr trial on Nine News, on Australian prime time television.
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