Employment weekly highlights—26 July 2018

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This week’s edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) the government’s response to its consultation on caste discrimination, (2) the Women and Equalities Committee report on workplace sexual harassment, (3) a Court of Appeal decision on the legal impact of a successful contractual appeal against dismissal, (4) an EAT judgment on the approach to be taken to applications to amend the principal reason why a dismissal is said to have been unfair, (5) an EAT case on the approach to be taken to applications to redact irrelevant matters from pleadings and statements, (6) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) annual report which shows an increase in demand for its conciliation services following the removal of tribunal fees, (7) a look at health and safety issues arising in the workplace as a result of the recent heatwave by Robert Biddlecombe, senior associate at Squire Patton Boggs, and Nicholas Lakeland, employment partner at Laytons, (8) dates for your diary, and (9) updates to our case, legislation and consultation trackers.