Weekly issue 170

News in brief

Flexible working is the most valued benefit for employees, ahead of material perks such as bonuses, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers survey

Manifest belief

The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 outlaw discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief

Time out

It is indirectly discriminatory for employers to apply a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) which seems to apply equally to everyone but which, in reality, puts people of a certain age group at a disadvantage