Research on eyewitness testimony of people who stammer, 2025
The University of Bath has conducted a study: K.Maras et al, “Eyewitness testimony by individuals who stammer: Evidence, experience and perceived credibility”, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70014 Very briefly, some points from the study:…
“Bervidi” case: reasonable adjustments for someone else’s disability
The EU Court of Justice held that under the EU Framework Employment Directive, both indirect discrimination and the duty to make reasonable adjustments can apply in relation to someone else’s…
Website updates September to October 2025
End the phone call nightmares: STAMMA campaign For International Stammering Awareness Day 2025, on 22nd October, STAMMA is launching a new campaign: End the phone call nightmares: STAMMA campaign. Influencer…
End the phone call nightmares: STAMMA campaign
For International Stammering Awareness Day 2025, on 22 October, STAMMA is launching a campaign to end phone call nightmares for people who stammer. STAMMA (the British Stammering Association) organised a…
Oni v LB Waltham Forest: worker status under Equality Act
An employment tribunal has held that foster carers can make employment tribunal claims under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) against their local authority, rather than just county court claims. The…
Influencer “mocked” by football club’s video of stammering
A TikTok influencer who stammers @mimidarlingbeauty says she was left feeling humiliated after Borussia Dortmund used video of her. A post by the club showed her stammer transitioning into a…
Website updates July to August 2025
Employment Rights Bill updates Government letter of July 2025 on harassment by third parties, added to Third party harassment proposals. Added dates when changes in Employment Bill are expected to come into…
Website updates May to June 2025
Coffee shop barista laughs at customer’s stammer Added Coffee shop barista laughs at customer’s stammer (May 2025). The customer had stammered when asked to give his name in Starbucks. Indirect…
Coffee shop barista laughs at customer’s stammer (May 2025)
The customer had stammered when asked to give his name in Starbucks. He complained to the manager in the shop, and then emailed Starbucks. He also shared it on social…
Website updates March to April 2025
Disability pay gap reporting The government has published a consultation on its proposals to introduce a duty on large employers to report on their disability (and ethnicity) pay gap. See…
Website updates January to February 2025
Victimisation Major update of my Victimisation page, including: As that page says, victimisation (s.27 EqA) is broadly where an employer or service provider etc treats someone badly because they did…
Website updates November to December 2024
Harassment Harassment of employees page reviewed and updated, including: Time limit for tribunal claims to be extended to six months The time limit for bringing an employment tribunal claim is…
Website updates September to October 2024
Labour’s employment law proposals On 10th October 2024, the government published its Employment Rights Bill (parliament.uk) and Next Steps to Make Work Pay (gov.uk). I’ve added these to my Proposed…
Starbucks day of action, October 2024
Starbucks’ policy of asking customers for their names creates barriers for people who stammer. Following a day of action against them, Starbucks has now been in touch with STAMMA, and…
K v Glasgow Caledonian University
The claimant stammered. An issue was whether his mental impairment (stress etc) was a disability. The employment tribunal held there was not enough evidence that various alleged effects of his…
R (Karmakar & BMA) v Royal College of General Practitioners
The High Court upheld a claim that it was irrational for RCGP to simply refuse to consider additional attempts at a written assessment for becoming a GP, if the candidate…
