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An employee at logistics firm Pall-Ex who was called a “baby farmer” by her finance director following her return to work from maternity leave was unfairly dismissed, a Leister employment tribunal found.
On the 25th January, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced a 10-week consultation which recommends extending the legal protection against redundancy for pregnant women to cover up to six months after a new mother returns to work. It will also seek views on offering the same protections to those returning from both adoption leave or shared parental leave.
Between August and October 2018, wages were recorded as growing at their fastest rate in a decade, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. The statistical bulletin – UK labour market: December 2018 – noted that average weekly earnings for UK employees, including bonuses, increased by 3.3% compared with the previous year.
A recently published report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) suggests workers’ rights could be at risk post-Brexit without enhanced protections.
The gig economy has been under considerable legal fire in recent months, and in the latest turn, a transgender woman is bringing a discrimination claim against the courier company Gnewt Cargo, and its parent company, Menzies Distribution.
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