An employment tribunal has decided that easyJet's shift practices were indirectly discriminatory towards two breastfeeding employees on the grounds of sex.

This arose through easyJet's refusal to allow the employees (who were crew members) to have bespoke shift arrangements. The employees had requested not to be rostered for shifts longer than eight hours.

The tribunal also decided that easyJet had suspended the employees on maternity grounds and during that suspension had failed to pay them their correct pay and had failed to offer suitable alternative work.​  

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CARE WORKERS AND NMW

Care workers and national minimum wage case. 

Seventeen care workers have recently submitted a claim in the ET against council contractor Sevacare for its failure to pay the national minimum wage.

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ASDA EQUAL PAY CLAIM

In a recent decision, an employment tribunal decided that a group of female retail store employees could compare themselves to a group of male distribution depot employees for the purposes of an equal pay claim.  

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RECRUITMENT LAWS

The results of a survey undertaken by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), suggests employers are ill-informed of the current law on recruitment.

According to the report, less than half of employers checked employees had the right to work in the UK prior to hiring them, while 9% of employers believed that foreign workers were not entitled to the same wage as British ones.  

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FAKE SICK NOTES

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has urged employers to remain vigilant due to the ease at which fake doctors' notes can be obtained online.

It stated that technology has resulted in criminals being able to easily draft fake prescriptions, certifications and NHS sick notes which can be used to defraud employers.  

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