Employment weekly highlights—19 October 2017

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This week’s edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) the Supreme Court’s decisions in cases which concern the extent to which state and diplomatic immunity can be relied upon to act as a bar to employment tribunal claims brought by domestic workers, (2) an indication by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that schemes to reimburse employment tribunal fees and to reinstate claims which did not proceed due to fees will be introduced imminently, (3) the report and recommendations of the Parker Review on the ethnic and cultural diversity of UK boards, (4) the Court of Appeal’s decision that ‘separate but equal’ treatment in a school with segregation of girls and boys amounted to unlawful discrimination, (5) the government’s proposal to give parents who lose a child under the age of 18 two weeks’ paid leave, (6) the Home Office’s annual report on modern slavery, (7) dates for your diary, (8) updates to our case tracker, and (9) recently added Q&As.