Harassment
Harassment of employees page reviewed and updated, including:
- revised 2024 EHRC technical guidance,
- added Prospects for People with Learning Difficulties v Harris, a 2012 EAT decision,
- added Carozzi v University of Hertfordshire [2024] EAT 169.
Time limit for tribunal claims to be extended to six months
The time limit for bringing an employment tribunal claim is to be extended from (broadly) three months to six months. The is part of the UK government’s Employment Rights Bill. More Extension of time limit for employment tribunal claims.
Also Third party harassment proposals>Pre-2013 provisions updated for committee debates on the Bill.
Costs protection in non-employment discrimination claims
The government has issued a call for evidence to help it decide whether costs protection should be extended to (non-employment) discrimination claims. More: Costs protection in non-employment discrimination claims.
Minimum compensation award
Clarification on the minimum amount to be awarded as compensation under the Equality Act, at Remedies in employment disputes: Compensation and recommendations>Vento bands: Minimum award and Complaints and going to court: services. Also expanded summary of the 2003 Scottish Purves v Joydisc case.
Examples of jobs
Added to Examples of jobs done by people who stammer/ stutter:
- Clinical psychologist: How did I get here (stamma.org), Nov, 2024
- Acting has been the antidote to constant anxiety (stamma.org), Nov 2024
- GP: A doctor’s journey with stuttering and public speaking (stutter-connect.com), Oct 2024
- Added to Maggie O’Farrell (author of Hamnet), who has a stammer: She has written a children’s book about a girl who develops a stammer: Book review: When the stammer came to stay (stamma.org), Nov 2024.
- Previous updates Website updates September to October 2024.
