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Philosophical Belief Discrimination
Can an employer discriminate on grounds of philosophical belief where the employee is the only person to hold such a belief?
No, held the EAT in Gray v Mulberry.
Ms Gray worked…Read more…
Hat tip Redbrick (shame because Dispatches have a good track record)
“With reporter Antony Barnett driving between sites in a flash open top and very sporty white car, trying to link a number of disconnected stories under the disingenuous title of ‘Ge…Read more…
Great first meeting at Portcullis House Westminster on Wednesday. Labour in Local Government is determined to punch its weight in our national political life. “MPs and Councillors at this Parliamentary reception to mark the formation of Labour Fri…Read more…
Should be good! Read more…
Picture collage from this evening when I did a home visit to Charlbury House with local Little Ilford Councillors, Councillor Riaz Ahmed Mirza and Councillor Pushpa Dipaklal Makwana about an ongoing leak in the block affecting a number of flats that ne…Read more…
Tonight’s Newham Full Council meeting was dominated by two key announcements by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz in her report to Council.
Firsty, she announced the result of a QC investigation on the London Olympic Stadium debacle where Newham Council lost at lea…Read more…
Love it but he is such a …….Read more…
“Historian Simon Schama explains why La Marseillaise is the greatest national anthem in the world, while artist Andrew Park reimagines Delacroix’s iconic painting Liberty Leading”.
La Fête Nationale. Joyeux Quatorze Juillet Read more…
This judgement is bad news for hundreds of thousands of low paid care workers (including my
niece).
Being paid not even the national minimum wage for work is simply a disgrace. I hope UNISON lawyers can find a way forward on this.
If not we need to …Read more…
@FGFestivalE7 FREE 🎉 street festival 🎉 on Saturday 14th July Osborne Road in the heart of #ForestGate #newham #forestgatefestival
Check out theforestgatefestival.com
(there will be a Labour Party stall outside 27 Osborne Road 10-2pm)Read more…
Picture college of yesterday’s well attended initial meeting of stakeholders from across Newham including residents who have experienced homelessness, faith groups, Government agencies, NGOs and Council officers. It took place in the historic for…Read more…
Great effort by the England team but just saying….Read more…
This evening I chaired my first Newham Investment & Accounts committee (Local Government Pension Scheme) meeting. I really pleased that we were able to able to wade our way through stacks of often complex business.
Many thanks to the new members o…Read more…
Picture taken this evening before Labour Group meeting in the Old Town Hall Stratford. Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and Labour Councillors supporting the March and Rally this Friday against the visit of US President Donald Trump and the “Oppose To…Read more…
Lovely picture of the London delegation at work and at play while at the national forum earlier this month in Newcastle for the UNISON Labour Link political fund that supports the Labour Party.
I was really pleased how many London speakers spoke at th…Read more…
This post is a little late but some thoughts from a first time delegate to the annual Local Government Association Conference in Birmingham. I arrived late due to attending Newham Cabinet meeting. My Newham Cabinet colleague, Terry Paul, was ther…Read more…
A busy agenda but great news that we agreed at the cabinet meeting that the Champions Statute should remain in East Ham and also a programme to oppose further school academies in Newham.
Check out Facebook Live is you want to watch the actual meeting …Read more…
Last week I went on an 8am “walkabout” in Green Point, Water Lane, E15 with local residents in response to complaints about the failure to repair the communal front entry door, which had led to strangers getting into the block to take drugs and causing…Read more…
An excellent video that was played for the first time at UNISON Conference. We need to get this message out to the millions of workers who don’t understand what trade unions are about.Read more…
Off message. Drove back today after a lovely week’s holiday in Cornwall recovering from UNISON conference. I did of course develop the traditional post conference lurgy but it did not spoil the break.
Yesterday Gill and I had the best walk of the week…Read more…