Employment, Labour & Equalities - Gowling Wlg

In May we have another significant development in the growing body of case law concerning discrimination arising from disability increasing the potential for employers to fall foul of this legal concept, a reminder of where we are now on third party harassment, dress codes and zero hours contracts and of course the most 'e-mailed' about legal development of recent years, the coming into force of the GDPR. Here, our employment law experts bring you the key developments from May and explain how they might impact your business. Discrimination arising from disability: knowledge of consequences of disability not required Government guidance on dress codes a bit too back to basics. Can an employer's inaction in the face of third party harassment itself amount to harassment? Zero-hours employee employed on 'same type of contract' as full-time comparator? The GDPR and new Data Protection Act 2018 have arrived. You can find a transcript for this episode on our website: https://bit.ly/393TnGr  Find out more about our