The workplace advice service, ACAS, has published new guidance to help employers support staff affected by menopausal symptoms at work.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held in Parnaby v Leicester City Council that, when considering whether an impairment is “likely” to last for at least 12 months for the purposes of a disability discrimination claim under the Equality Act 2010, tribunals must consider whether “it could well happen” that the effect could last that long.
In order to bring a claim of discrimination claimants have to show they are “in employment” which covers workers and those who perform work personally. In Community Based Care Health Ltd v Narayan, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a GP who set up a limited company for payment purposes but who worked regular shifts for a not for profit organisation was “in employment” and a worker.