I have lost count of how many times, over the past decade, I have deleted the word “gender” in a client’s equality policy and replaced it with the word “sex”, not through any ideological conviction but simply because it reflects the wording in the Equality Act 2010.
Read MoreIn previous updates, we outlined that the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (“the Tipping Act”) received Royal Assent in May 2023 and will come into force on 1 October 2024.
In May 2024, the House of Lords approved the Government’s draft Code of Practice on the fair and transparent distribution of tips (“the Code of Practice”).
Read MoreViews in the “transgender debate” are often strongly held (or, in the words of a recent tribunal decision, ”rhadamanthine”) . In most workforces of any size, there will be a range of views regarding whether a trans-woman is actually a woman and on related topics such as transgender participation in women’s sport or the use of single-sex facilities, such as changing rooms and toilets.
Read MoreOn 10 May 2023, the government announced that it proposed making three significant changes to employment law.
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