A new study has found that the level of rights for new fathers is so inadequate that very few of them can afford to take advantage of those that are on offer.
If an employer does not realise and could not be expected to realise that a member of staff has experienced bias, then a claim cannot be upheld against them.
The appeal tribunal has decided that it was not unlawful prejudice to make changes to a shares plan so that only certain employees would stand to gain from it.