Weekly issue 3

News in brief

Women make up just 10 per cent of directors of FTSE 100 companies and barely 20 per cent of Parliament, according to a new survey by the Equal Opportunities Commission.

Clouded vision

Under the DDA 1995, a person has a disability “if he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day to day activities".

A serious undertaking

Tribunals have to ask themselves two questions when trying to decide whether an undertaking has been transferred under TUPE