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Job applicants' health: can employers ask about it?download
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued guidance for employers and job applicants on pre employment health questions.
Religion at work: new ECHR rulingdownload
The European Court of Human Rights has handed down a judgment considering the right of individuals to manifest their religion in the workplace.
EU implements latest Iran sanctionsdownload
On 21 December 2012, the Council of the European Union adopted Council Regulation No 1263/2012, concerning sanctions against Iran.
Report on the IAPP European Data Protection Intensive conferencedownload
The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) held its first European Data Protection Intensive conference on 25–26 April 2012.
Religion or belief discrimination: the scope and limits of employers’ dutiesdownload
A number of recent developments in the area of religion and belief discrimination merit employers’ attention. First, what types of non-religious beliefs are protected? Second, to what extent must employers comply with the law when an employee’s conduct takes the form of manifestation of his/her belief (as opposed to the simple fact of holding such a belief)?
Religious discrimination in the workplacedownload
The European Court of Human Rights has issued its long awaited judgment in the case of Eweida and Others v the United Kingdom.
ECHR finds that greater protections are required for the political beliefs of UK employeesdownload
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has held that employment law in the United Kingdom does not adequately protect individuals from dismissal as a result of their political beliefs or affiliations.
US enacts further sanctions on Iran and Syriadownload
The recently enacted Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 strengthens existing sanctions on Iran.
SEC cuts off funding to groups committing human rights violations in Central Africadownload
Pursuant to a mandate in the Dodd-Frank Act, the US Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued final rules requiring issuers to account for the use in their products of so-called conflict minerals.
Tightening the net: defamation reformdownload
Internet service providers have frequently been caught in the cross-fire in defamation claims, with claimants increasingly targeting them to get comments removed quickly.
