Articles by ‘Gemma Ospedale’

The Royds employment team, their co-workers, clients and guests did a great job of quashing the winter blues this week as 80+ enthusiastic contenders battled to be quiz champions.

Sky Sports this week ousted football commentators Andy Gray and Richard Keys after they made sexist comments about a female assistant referee. The naming and shaming of the pair has re-sparked the debate about when and how we ought to draw the line between banter in the workplace and unlawful discrimination.

In advance of 1st October, when the remaining provisions of the Equality Act came into force, we prepared a briefing for our clients reminding them of the changes.