Posts Tagged ‘Sex Discrimination’

Redundancy
07Apr

Working Mothers During Lockdown – Have You Suffered Sex Discrimination?

Written by Jasmine Stewart.

According to a recent survey conducted by the Institute of Fiscal Studies “working mothers have been able to do only one hour of uninterrupted work for every three hours done by men during lockdown”. Whilst this statistic may not be surprising to working mothers, it does raise some important questions as to whether working mothers have been treated less favourably in their employment during the Covid-19 Lockdown.

ACAS Early Conciliation
06Apr

Sexual Harassment & Lockdown

Written by Sophie Goodwill.

With many employees still working from home, the Independent has reported that video calls and lewd messages are being used to sexually harass colleagues.  This is leaving victims feeling they have nowhere to turn.  Read on to see how we can help if you are sexually harassed whilst working from home.

15Mar

Flexible Working & Your Rights

Written by Sophie Goodwill.

Did you know you could request flexible working?

Every employee in the UK has the statutory right to ask to work flexibly after 26 weeks of employment.  The right to make a statutory request can only be made once in any 12 month period.  This post looks at the most important factors to take into account before and during a formal application to work flexibly and my next post will look at the potential claims available to employees who have their requests to work flexibly unfairly rejected.