Você acha que um tribunal de emprego não acontecerá com você? Para a idade, raça e falha em fornecer salário mínimo?
– Did you know in the period April to June 2020 there were 103,973 claims made to the Employment Tribunal service?
– Did you know the highest sum paid out in this period was £266,000?
– Did you know the three types of claims on the increase in this period are for Age, Race, and failure to provide minimum wage?
- Você sabia que a idade e a raça são características protegidas?
Want to avoid settling out of court or being taken to court in an Employment Tribunal?
There are four questions below you need to ask yourself.
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- Does one of your employees have a protected characteristic?
- Did you know if an individual is treated unfairly in relation to a protected characteristic, directly or indirectly, by you, the employer, or Um de seus funcionários Você pode estar enfrentando uma reivindicação do tribunal? Associação?
- Did you know that an employee does not need to have two years of qualifying service to be eligible to claim unfair dismissal?
- Did you know that if an employee has a family member or people who are like family who has a protected characteristic they can be discriminated against by association?
O que é uma característica protegida?
A Lei da Igualdade 2010 abrange as nove características protegidas abaixo
- idade
- Deficiência
– Gender reassignment
– Marriage or civil partnership (in employment only)
– Pregnancy or maternity
– Race
– Religion or belief
– Sex
– Sexual orientation
Why you need to understand what these are and what it means to you
As an employer you are the face of all your employees – this means even if someone else (your employee) does something wrong você são responsabilizados - por isso é importante que você e toda a sua força de trabalho entendam a maneira apropriada de se comportar. O mau entendimento sobre as características protegidas é comum no local de trabalho e, como empresa, você precisa garantir que tenha políticas e acessíveis por todos os funcionários, incluídos na indução e treinamento da equipe para aumentar a conscientização. Que treinamento você forneceu para garantir que eles tenham conhecimento nessa área e suas ações não estejam colocando em risco seus negócios e reputação? Ou provocando um ao outro sobre seus anos de experiência ou falta dela, que tal
As a business owner, director, or manager, how confident are you that everyone is treating everyone in your team equally and fairly? What training have you provided to ensure they have knowledge in this area and their actions aren’t putting both your business and reputation at risk?
Don’t make assumptions, this is the first mistake…
Have you ever heard one of your team, or even when you have visited another business, enjoying ‘banter’ such as you’re too old…? Or teasing each other about their years of experience or lack thereof, what about brincadeiras divertidas about a woman’s ‘time of the month’ or ‘baby brain’ after someone returns from maternity leave… I am sure you will have heard some of these throughout your career… These can lead to discrimination and so on a claim against you.
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Remember the highest claim from April to June 2020 was paid out at £266,000, don’t wait to be in this situation, act now and keep your business protected.
If you would like to find out how you can keep your business protected or would like to discuss employment tribunals further, please get in contact with our team of experts. With a combined 60 years of experience, our team can offer you support, coaching, training, and guidance.
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