employment
News, Blog
3rd June 2024
COVID-19, service-providers, and reasonable adjustments
Introduction The question for this post is whether (and, if so, to what extent) the Equality Act 2010 imposes obligations on service-providers (and, in particular, hospitals and healthcare providers) to provide adjustments for disabled persons in light of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, this post considers whether such service-providers may be obliged to upgrade […]
News
31st October 2022
Louisa Simpson successfully defends COVID-19 dismissal claim
Mr James Dunbar -v- Abellio London Ltd 2307750/2020 The Claimant, Mr Dunbar, claimed that he was unfairly dismissed on 24 July 2020. As he did not have the requisite two years’ ‘qualifying period’ of employment, he claimed automatic unfair dismissal contrary to ss. 100(1)(d) and (e) Employment Rights Act 1996 (“ERA”). Mr Dunbar claimed […]
