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Council officer wins 37k at employment tribunal after being paid less than male predecessor. Alan Lewis comments to People Management
A female planning enforcement officer for Kent County Council has been awarded more than £37,000 at an employment tribunal, after partly winning an equal pay claim. The employee raised concerns after being placed on a lower pay band than her male predecessor, despite undertaking the same responsibilities within Kent County Council's two-person planning enforcement team. A tribunal found that the council had breached the sex equality clause and that its assessment of the emplo
Jun 4


Beware the unintended consequences of the NDA ban - Eliza Nash writes for Personnel Today
Constantine Law partner, Eliza Nash , has written in Personnel Today about the recent amendment to the Employment Rights Bill banning...
Jul 16, 2025


John Hayes interviewed on Times Radio: Is the Equality Act 2010 responsible for an increase in unsuccessful race discrimination claims?
Constantine Law Managing Partner, John Hayes, was interviewed by Rod Liddle on Times Radio, in response to research by the Don't Divide...
Jun 17, 2025


Return-to-office mandates and the law of unintended consequences
New research from King’s College London about working life in the UK has found that less than half the people surveyed would comply with a full time return-to-office mandate, with almost 10% stating that this would compel them to leave their job. Working patterns borne of necessity during the Covid pandemic are, it seems, very hard to shift. As companies across the UK roll out return-to-office mandates, every week seems to bring new edicts from the UK’s big employers desperat
Jun 9, 2025


Manager who accidentally exposed himself during a virtual meeting loses his case for unfair dismissal. Alan Lewis comments on the case in People Management
A man working as a digital production manager for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme has lost his claim for unfair dismissal and...
May 28, 2025


Employment Tribunal awards £360,000 to black security manager called "slave" by white colleague. Alan Lewis comments in People Management
A black security manager was awarded over £360,000 after a London employment tribunal upheld claims of victimisation and constructive...
May 21, 2025


The gender pay gap persists in the real estate industry: Ellie Rogers comments in Property Week
Research done by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has highlighted the persisting gender pay gap in the real estate...
May 20, 2025


Eliza Nash's analysis of the Supreme Court judgment picked up by "Employer News"
Good to see Eliza Nash's analysis of the Supreme Court judgment on the meaning of "woman" in the Equality Act has been published by...
Apr 28, 2025


The Supreme Court’s Decision on the meaning of ‘woman’ under the Equality Act.
On 16 April 2025, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, the words ‘woman’, ‘man’ and ‘sex’...
Apr 25, 2025
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