Weekly issue 82

NEWS IN BRIEF

The Government announced in a consultation paper published last week that it will explore ways to make it easier for businesses to deal with flexible working requests.

RACE RELATIONS

It is well established in law that employers cannot directly discriminate against job applicants because of their race.

TAKE AIM

It is indirectly discriminatory to apply a provision, criterion or practice (PCP) that disproportionately affects far more women than men and cannot be justified.