Starbucks
STAMMA has released a short video talking about the mandatory training Starbucks has introduced for all its baristas in the UK about serving customers who stammer. The work was completed in collaboration with STAMMA. More: Starbucks campaign.
New six month time limit for employment tribunal claims
Resolving employment disputes>Time limit for tribunal claims (changes on 1 October 2026) updated. The time limit for employment tribunal claims is being extended from (broadly) three to six months, for discrimination which occurs on or after 1st October 2026. There are sometimes special rules on when discrimination is seen as occurring.
Third party harassment
New page Harassment by third parties. This includes the new Equality Act 2010 (EqA) rules which, from 30 October 2026, expressly allow an employee to claim against their employer who permits harassment by a third party, such as a customer.
New case on stammering
In D v UK Atomic Energy Authority, 2026, the claimant made EqA claims relying on ‘work related stress and anxiety’ as his disability. He later added that he also stammered. The employment tribunal accepted that his stammer was a disability within the EqA. However, in the circumstances of the case, the ET refused to amend his claims to include this.
- Previous updates Website updates May to June 2026.
