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Lexis®PSL Employment weekly highlights—23 March 2017

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Published on: 23 March 2017

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This week’s edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) guidance given by the Court of Appeal on the approach to be taken when considering claims of unfair dismissal and discrimination arising from disability following the dismissal of a disabled employee for long-term sickness absence, (2) a summary from the EAT as to how employment tribunals should assess facts and make inferences where appropriate in claims under the Equality Act 2010, (3) the key employment tax provisions in the Finance Bill 2017, (4) draft regulations protecting whistleblowers seeking NHS jobs, (5) the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017, (6) new information about the introduction and rolling out of the government’s tax-free childcare scheme, (7) updates to our case, legislation and consultation trackers, and (8) dates for your diary.

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