Good news for claimants! The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed in Cadogan Hotel Partners Ltd –v- Ozog [2014] that awards for injury to feelings in discrimination cases are subject to a 10% uplift following the Court of Appeal’s decisions in Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1039 and Simmons v Castle [2012] EWCA Civ 1288. […]

From 30 June 2014, employees with 26 weeks’ service have the right to request flexible working. The right is no longer limited to employees with children under 17, (or 18 if the child is disabled) or to those caring for an adult. Now any eligible employee can apply to work flexibly for any reason. The […]

PC Jim Davies’ complaint against Thames Valley Police has led one of Britain’s largest forces to establish a formal review into how their officers engage with Roma travelling communities. PC Davies claimed that during his career, he routinely heard colleagues making abusive stereotypical comments about Roma and Irish Travellers and also, raised concerns about wider […]

Unite’s policy conference, in Liverpool, supporting fight for justice for The Shrewsbury 24. Fighting for justice is something that I have been involved with a great deal over the years. I believe when things are wrong we must speak out.  It was, therefore, a great pleasure to meet campaigner Ricky Tomlinson  at Unite’s policy conference […]

PC Davies’s ethnic origin is Romany, a group also widely referred to as ‘gypsies’ (also spelt ‘gipsies’) or Travellers. One of the issues arising in the case was the meaning of the word ‘Traveller’. Contrary to what has been reported in sections of the press, PC Davies was not complaining that the term ‘Traveller’ is […]

Sarah Young from Sheffield Branch was the winner in our special prize draw at Congress, in Nottingham. Our thanks to Paul Kenny for taking time from his immensely busy week to make the draw for us. Thanks too, to Tim Roache, Regional Secretary for joining us on our stand for the presentation by Frances McCarthy, […]