Discrimination Parents of disabled children entitled to greater workplace protections, ECJ rules Refusing to provide certain accommodations to the primary caregiver can constitute discrimination by association Remuneration Retail body up in arms over Woolworths and Coles repayment ruling A further hearing is scheduled for 27 October to determine compensation for affected employees Investigations Sainsbury’s manager awarded £59,000 for botched investigation A thorough and transparent analysis is key to avoiding legal risk and keeping staff satisfied, lawyers explain Disputes Executive takes South Africa’s Denel to court over age discrimination Use of retirement age as justification for employment decisions is problematic, likely to constitute unfair discrimination, says lawyer Community RPC lures home CloudPay’s general counsel as a partner Charlotte White returns to private practice, and the firm she left in 2013, after more than a decade in-house Remuneration Hongkongers want flexible pay options amid financial squeeze, study finds Weekly or bi-weekly wages preferred, but workers are becoming more open to AI-enhanced payroll systems Labour Reforms UK Commons reject Lords’ amendments to Employment Rights Bill Refusal to accept changes could lead to delays as peers and MPs clash over flagship bill LGBTQ+ Trans-exclusionary health plans not facially discriminatory, Eleventh Circuit rules Appeals court cites Supreme Court precedent to find that refusal to cover gender-affirming surgery can be justified Social Media Workers doxed, cancelled for posts condoning Charlie Kirk’s death Morality aside, can employers have a policy of “not speaking ill of the dead”? Events Global Employment Summit International Employment Lawyer is delighted to announce that the second Global Employment Summit will take place at Convene 360 Madison Avenue on October 9 in New York. The full-day event will bring together leading in-house counsel, HR and ER professionals, and private practitioners from across the world to take a deep dive into the key issues impacting the management of global workforces from the vantage point of US-headquartered multinationals. Research IEL Monitor IEL Monitor is a forward-looking, fully searchable database of upcoming and prospective employment and labour legislation from around the world, designed to alert in-house teams of new laws and regulations, and support timely compliance. Private Practice Leaders It’s a myth that you can’t do anything in France In-house interview Take pride, even in defeat Private Practice Leaders EU pay transparency is not an issue for just HR to solve