Weekly issue 194

NEWS IN BRIEF

The government has scrapped the socio-economic duty, created as part of the Equality Act, requiring local authorities to consider inequalities of outcome when making strategic policy decisions.

AGE OF RETIREMENT

Rosenbladt v Oellerking Gebaudereinigungsges mbH

MATERNITY BUMP

Employers are required by law to offer suitable alternative vacancies to women on maternity leave who are under threat of redundancy before anyone else.