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2025 in review: International arbitration
Francesca Parker
6 January 2021
Progression of employees from a BAME background: identifying and overcoming the barriers
According to Diversity UK, in 2018 roughly 13.8% of the UK population was from a minority ethnic background and 40% of the population in London were from the Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) background.
18 December 2020
Employment Lawyers Association’s Race Equality Committee
The global events of this year including the Black Lives Matter movement, the apparent disproportionate impact on the BAME population of COVID-19 and news that the ethnicity pay gap remains significant, have again brought the issue of lack of racial equality to the fore.
9 December 2020
First anniversary of the extension of the Senior Managers & Certification Regime
As we near the first anniversary of the extension of the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) to solo-regulated FCA firms, the first round of annual fitness and propriety assessments will be topping the to-do lists of many compliance professionals.
1 December 2020
The question of Christmas: How far can employers go in telling employees where to spend it?
The Government's latest announcement reducing quarantine requirements for travellers returning to England from 14 to 5 days post-15 December 2020 (providing they can provide a negative test result for COVID-19) once again raises questions for employers on what right they have to influence employees' overseas holiday and travel plans over the Christmas period.
12 November 2020
Employer’s Talent Pool was found to be age discriminatory
Historically age discrimination in the workplace has been prevalent. The case of Ryan v South West Ambulance Services NHS Trust shows that despite the removal of overtly discriminatory policies such as mandatory retirement age rules, apparently age neutral policies and practices can be indirectly discriminatory on the grounds of age and unjustifiable.
