October 2015 news

It’s October and we don’t mean to spook you but there are some eerie developments afoot in the dark world of discrimination law. We shed some light on these in our case update and also ask you to tread carefully before refusing an employee’s companion at a hearing. We also share with you some haunting news on Government action against those employers who do not issue an HR1 form on time in collective redundancy situations and update you with further details on the proposed public sector exit payment cap.

• Mental Health: let’s talk about it
• Government reforms (1): Cap on exit payments
• Collective redundancies: No notice – no mercy!
• Case update (1): “Knowing me, Knowing you” – discrimination by association
• Case update (2): Right to be accompanied