The Employment Appeal Tribunal has referred the two year limit on back pay in equal pay cases to the European Court of Justice.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has revisisted the question of when it is "not reasonably practicable" to present an Industrial Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal within three months from the termination of employment.
In 1984 the case of Home Office v Holmes 1984 IRLR 299 established the principle that the refusal to allow women to return to work from maternity leave on a part time or job share basis could amount to sex discrimination.
The Department of Trade and Industry has published proposals for changes to Industrial Tribunals.
The Court of Appeal has upheld an Industrial Tribunal's decision that a man dismissed for refusing to cut his hair was not discriminated against on the grounds of his sex even where a woman with identical hair length would not have been dismissed.