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Teachers’ pension scheme update
Adam McRae-Taylor
26.06.2023
The Government has now announced that for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) “the direction of travel is in the order…
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School chaplain’s claim for religious discrimination is rejected
Adam McRae-Taylor
20.06.2023
In the recent case of Randall v Trent College Ltd and others ET/2600288/2020, an employment tribunal rejected a school chaplain’s claim for belief or religion…
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What does the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse report mean for independent schools?
Adam McRae-Taylor
21.11.2022
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) released its long-awaited final report on 20 October 2022. It sets out…
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New research shows ethnic minorities under-represented in school leadership
Adam McRae-Taylor
20.06.2022
New research conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and education charities Ambition Institute and Teach First has…
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Employee refuses to attend work during lockdown – the tribunal decision
Adam McRae-Taylor
16.06.2022
It has been determined that an employee who refused to attend work during the pandemic did not have a reasonable…
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Teachers’ Pension Scheme – the latest developments
Adam McRae-Taylor
08.03.2022
The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) continues to stay in the headlines with an ever-increasing number of independent schools exiting and…
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Safeguarding for faith-based organisations
Adam McRae-Taylor
22.11.2021
Safeguarding has never been more high profile and a wave of recent reports and inquiries have led to an intense…
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Is it a reasonable adjustment to protect pay indefinitely when disability means a teacher can no longer teach?
Adam McRae-Taylor
29.10.2021
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that, where a teacher had disability which meant she could no longer teach,…
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Dismissal of teacher suspected of viewing child images was fair
Adam McRae-Taylor
26.10.2021
The Scottish Court of Session has held that it was fair to dismiss a teacher suspected of viewing child images…
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Teachers’ Pensions Scheme – the latest developments
Adam McRae-Taylor
05.07.2021
As daily school life returns ever closer to normal, a continuing key focus for school governors and senior leadership teams…
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Belief that biological sex is immutable is protected under the Equality Act
Adam McRae-Taylor
05.07.2021
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a belief that biological sex is immutable is protected as a philosophical belief…
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Staff Accommodation – have you updated since the April 2021 change?
Adam McRae-Taylor
05.07.2021
On 6 April 2021, HMRC withdrew the “representative occupier” exemption for the tax treatment of staff accommodation. Previously this had…
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