Supreme Court Rules that Refusal to Bake “Gay-Cake” Was Not Discriminatory -
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On October 10, 2018, the UK Supreme Court held a bakery and its Christian owners had...more
1/16/2019
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The new Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, which was enacted on September 13 and will come into effect in 2020, grants parents who experience the loss of a child under 18 or a stillbirth after 24 weeks of...more
10/11/2018
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Human resources teams in the United Kingdom regularly deal with issues that relate to possible discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA), the law that codifies various anti-discrimination regulations for employers in...more
German Church's Religious Occupational Requirement Subject to Judicial Scrutiny -
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On April 17, 2018, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) held that German laws...more
8/1/2018
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