Women's Rights at Work: A Handbook of Employment Law

Acknowledgements......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Abbreviations......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
   and advertisements  5-8......Page 14
  exceptions  6......Page 15
sex,  as genuine occupational qualification [GOQ] 7......Page 16
  discrimination  8-9......Page 17
  and job descriptions  9-10......Page 18
  and standard of English  10......Page 19
  and standard of English  11......Page 20
selection tests,  and racial discrimination 12......Page 21
  and aptitude tests  13......Page 22
   14......Page 23
  sickness record  15......Page 24
  and disability discrimination  16......Page 25
  and employment offers  17-19......Page 26
  and employment offers  18......Page 27
  training  19-20......Page 28
  employers\' obligations  20-2......Page 29
  and truth  21......Page 30
  refusal to give  22......Page 31
   Breach of Contract  23-4......Page 32
Small Claims Court,  and Breach of Contract 24......Page 33
  and employment status  26......Page 35
  written  27......Page 36
  obligations of  28......Page 37
  obligations  29......Page 38
  and employment status  30......Page 39
  determining  31-2......Page 40
  and employment status  32-3......Page 41
  and fixed-term contracts  33-4......Page 42
  waiving right to claim  34......Page 43
Zero Hours Contracts,  and employment rights 35......Page 44
  from overseas  36-8......Page 45
What Should you do if you are Asked to Produce a Document?......Page 46
  and unfair dismissal  39......Page 48
  need to review  40-1......Page 49
  comparators  41-2......Page 50
  and equal pay  42......Page 51
   43......Page 52
  analytical  44......Page 53
   45......Page 54
red circling 46......Page 55
  and pay systems  47-8......Page 56
shift premiums 48......Page 57
  giving notice to employer  49-51......Page 58
   50......Page 59
  returning to work  51-2......Page 60
  qualifying for  52-3......Page 61
  rates  53......Page 62
  work place risk assessment  54-6......Page 63
  suspension on full pay  55......Page 64
  suspension on full pay  56......Page 65
  and part-time work  57......Page 66
  equal treatment of  58......Page 67
  and sex discrimination  59-60......Page 68
  time limits for claims  60......Page 69
  direct  61-2......Page 70
   but for test  62-3......Page 71
   discrimination by  63-4......Page 72
   defence against discrimination claims  64-5......Page 73
   and child-care responsibilities  65......Page 74
  complying with requirements  66-9......Page 75
  getting information  67......Page 76
   and child-care responsibilities  69......Page 78
  protection from  70-1......Page 79
  post-employment  71-2......Page 80
  justification by employers  72......Page 81
multiple sclerosis 73......Page 82
voyeurism 74......Page 83
  long-term  75......Page 84
  definition of  76-7......Page 85
  comparators  77-8......Page 86
  adjustments for disabled  78......Page 87
  and employers\' awareness of  79-80......Page 88
  employers\' justification for  80-1......Page 89
  and victimisation  81......Page 90
transsexuals 82......Page 91
  and redundancy selection  83......Page 92
  making a claim  84-5......Page 93
   85......Page 94
   86-7......Page 95
   87......Page 96
  and promotion,  training and transfer  88......Page 97
   89-90......Page 98
  fallback scheme  90......Page 99
  changing terms of  92-4......Page 101
   deductions  94-5......Page 103
  definition of  95-6......Page 104
  reduction in  96......Page 105
  errors in  97......Page 106
  errors in  98......Page 107
   and minimum wage  99......Page 108
   calculating hours  100-4......Page 109
time work 101......Page 110
  and minimum wage  102......Page 111
  and travelling time  104......Page 113
   and minimum wage  105......Page 114
  for trade union activities  106......Page 115
  and trade union membership  107-8......Page 116
  time-off for  108-9......Page 117
  training union officials  109......Page 118
  training union officials  110-11......Page 119
  payment for  111-12......Page 120
  for public duties  112-13......Page 121
  reasonable amount  113......Page 122
   114-16......Page 123
  and job mobility  115-16......Page 124
  returning to work  116......Page 125
   117-18......Page 126
  forbidden  118......Page 127
  and sex discrimination  119......Page 128
  and dress codes  120-1......Page 129
   and racial discrimination  121......Page 130
surveillance,  by employers 122-3......Page 131
  monitored by employers  123-4......Page 132
   collective agreement  124......Page 133
  short-term absences  125-6......Page 134
  and warnings  126......Page 135
  long-term absences  127-9......Page 136
sickness,  and alternative employment 128......Page 137
  and sickness  129-30......Page 138
  automatically unfair  130......Page 139
  sensitive data  131-2......Page 140
  processing by employers  132......Page 141
  and confidentiality  133......Page 142
  and confidentiality  134......Page 143
  and health and safety at work  136......Page 145
   137......Page 146
  risk assessment  138-40......Page 147
  work place risk assessment  140......Page 149
  and lifting  142......Page 151
  training and information  143......Page 152
  and display screen equipment  144-5......Page 153
  training and information  145......Page 154
  exclusions from regulation  146......Page 155
  maximum  147-8......Page 156
  records of  148......Page 157
  maximum  149-50......Page 158
  exclusions from regulation  150......Page 159
   calculating hours  151-2......Page 160
  records of  152......Page 161
  daily/weekly  153......Page 162
  holidays  154-6......Page 163
holiday pay 155......Page 164
  enforcing rights  156-7......Page 165
  and violence at work  157......Page 166
  risk assessment  158......Page 167
   159......Page 168
  criminal offence  160......Page 169
  sexual  161-2......Page 170
  single act of  162......Page 171
  failure to investigate  163-4......Page 172
  steps to take  164-5......Page 173
  introducing policy on  165......Page 174
  employers\' obligations  166-8......Page 175
  duty of care  167......Page 176
   169-73......Page 178
  fair reasons for  170-1......Page 179
  written reasons  171......Page 180
  and procedural fairness  172......Page 181
   173-5......Page 182
resignation,  and constructive dismissal 174-5......Page 183
wrongful dismissal 175-6......Page 184
   176-7......Page 185
  and unfair dismissal  177......Page 186
  and workplace closure  178-9......Page 187
  and reduction of workforce  179......Page 188
  pay entitlement  180......Page 189
  pay entitlement  181......Page 190
  information from employers  182......Page 191
  and unfair dismissal  183......Page 192
statutory trial period,  in alternative employment 184......Page 193
  pool forselection  185......Page 194
  and redundancy  186......Page 195
  and redundancy  187......Page 196
  due to pregnancy  188-9......Page 197
  during notice period  189......Page 198
  working out  190......Page 199
   191-5......Page 200
  workers not protected  192......Page 201
  procedure  193......Page 202
  on health and safety issues  194-5......Page 203
  and representation  196-7......Page 205
  time limits  197-201......Page 206
  delivering  198......Page 207
  and time of alleged act  199-200......Page 208
  continuous v. single act of  200......Page 209
  written reasons  201......Page 210
  and compensation  202......Page 211
  information from  203-6......Page 212
  types of questions  204-5......Page 213
Notice of Appearance [ET3] 205-6......Page 214
   206-7......Page 215
  statements from  207......Page 216
preliminary hearing 208......Page 217
legal aid 209......Page 218
  standard of proof  210......Page 219
  and compensation  211......Page 220
  and compensation  212-13......Page 221
  pay in lieu  213......Page 222
  compensation for discrimination  214-15......Page 223
  looking for other work  215......Page 224
Employment Tribunals......Page 225
Health and Safety Executive......Page 226
Trades Union Congress......Page 227
Table of Cases......Page 228
Table of Statutes......Page 232
Table of Regulations......Page 233
Index......Page 234
  and termination of contract  93......Page 102
  definition of  91......Page 100
sickle cell status 25......Page 34
  and sexual harassment  168......Page 177
  health survey  139......Page 148
  and lifting  141......Page 150
  for infringement of rights  195......Page 204
  and travelling time  103......Page 112