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In Tesco Stores Ltd v USDAW and ors, the Supreme Court has restored the High Court’s decision to grant an injunction restraining Tesco from ‘firing and rehiring’ employees in order to remove a contractual entitlement to enhanced pay.

In Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and anor, the EAT has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that an agency worker’s belief in English nationalism, which included a desire to forcibly remove Muslims from the United Kingdom, was not a protected belief under S.10 of the Equality Act 2010.

In Thandi and ors v Next Retail Ltd and anor, an employment tribunal has upheld equal pay claims made by over 3,500 (predominantly female) claimants who worked at Next retail stores, whose comparators were men working in Next warehouses.