If the target of 33 per cent women on the boards of FTSE 350 companies is to be met by next year, half of all senior leadership appointments in 2020 need to go to women (...).
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held in Pontoon (Europe) Ltd v Shinh and Anor that, when considering whether to allow an amendment to a claim, tribunals have to take all the circumstances into account. Although some of these were set out in the earlier case of Selkent, the EAT made clear in that case that they are not exhaustive (...).
The law says that once a worker has established facts from which discrimination could be inferred, the burden of proof passes to the employer. In Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi, the Court of Appeal held that, if an employer initially hides the true reason for dismissing someone, then that, in itself, is enough to shift the burden of proof (...).