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Locked	Date	Title	Author	Abstract
	1 Jan 2010	Editorial - January/February 2010	Alex Lock, editor	A new year always brings fresh challenges and the first and most immediate was the weather. It was less a case of struggling in to work and more a case of signing off a press release marginally more e...
	1 Jan 2010	Agency Workers to Prosper	David Cubitt, Osborne Clarke	The UK regulations implementing the Agency Workers Directive were laid before parliament on 21 January. In their final format they are likely to allow most employers to continue using agency workers o...
	1 Jan 2010	Overseas Workers Protected	David Cubitt, Osborne Clarke	In Duncombe & ors v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families [2009] EWCA Civ 1355, the Court of Appeal considered the rights of overseas employee...
	1 Jan 2010	The Long Hair of the Law	David Cubitt, Osborne Clarke	In Dansie v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis UKEAT/0234/09, the EAT considered the case of Mr Dansie, who was forced to cut his shoulder length hair or face disciplinary action.
	1 Jan 2010	Justifying Age Discrimination	Rebecca Tuck, Old Square Chambers	The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 are unique in domestic employment law in permitting justification of direct discrimination. An issue in the much-publicised Age Concern (formerl...
	1 Jan 2010	Asking Immigration Questions During Recruitment	Matthew Whelan and Nick Hobson, Speechly Bircham LLP	An employer is obliged to ascertain an employee's right to work before employment commences, although careful consideration must be given to when to ask questions of applicants to avoid discriminating...
	1 Jan 2010	How To Use An External Decision-Maker	Naomi Cunningham, Outer Temple Chambers	Naomi Cunningham was asked to act as decision-maker for a small charity in an appeal against dismissal. The experience set her thinking about what might move an employer to use an external decision-ma...
	1 Jan 2010	Positive Action and the Equality Bill	Rachel Crasnow, Cloisters Chambers	To achieve full equality in practice, disadvantaged groups may require different treatment. Equal treatment can, in fact, perpetuate disadvantage, since not everyone starts from the same position.
	1 Jan 2010	Chagger v Abbey National plc & anor	Christopher Stone, Devereux Chambers	Claimants can recover `stigma damages' following a discriminatory dismissal though the Court of Appeal doubted whether the practical implications of the decision w...
	1 Jan 2010	O'Neill v Buckinghamshire County Council	Anya Palmer, Old Square Chambers	In O'Neill v Buckinghamshire County Council, the EAT has held that `pregnant workers are not automatically entitled to a work assessment under regulation 16 of the Management of Health and Sa...