Weekly Issue 657

Board diversity still low

The latest review into black and minority ethnic representation on the boards of large companies has reported that just under half the companies surveyed did not have any (...).

Contributory fault

If a worker is found to have contributed to their dismissal in some way, tribunals can reduce their compensation accordingly. In Jagex Ltd v McCambridge, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that tribunals were not restricted to making a reduction only where the claimant had committed an act of gross misconduct (...).

London allows

When women go on maternity leave, they are entitled to continue to receive all their existing rights and benefits, with the exception of pay. In The Commissioner of The City of London Police v Geldart, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that it was direct sex discrimination to fail to pay a serving police officer all her London Allowance for the whole of her maternity leave (...).