Category: News
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Should staff support networks be given a statutory mandate?
That is what the Black Police Association have suggested according to Police Oracle. Following recent national debate about the number of ethnically diverse officers in the police service, led by the BPA and the Home Affairs Select Committee, the BPA are alleged to have asked to be placed on an “equal footing to statutory staff…
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Troubling that officers can sue for discrimination but not if dismissed by a panel
Judge raises contradiction in the rights afforded to police A Court of Appeal judge has highlighted an apparent contradiction in the right of police officers to take legal action under the Equality Act 2010. Lord Justice John Laws last week found in favour of the Met in an employment tribunal appeal. An officer who suffered…
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Pay reforms: disabled officers ‘substantially disadvantaged’
Failure to explore alternative deployment options for disabled officers places them at “substantial disadvantage”, association claims. Forces that dock disabled officers’ pay without first trying to make reasonable and alternative adjustments to enable them to continue in their role could face a string of legal challenges, it has been suggested. Following the Home Secretary’s decision…