Employees who are not disabled themselves but look after disabled people or are associated with disabled people, are not entitled to 'reasonable adjustments' from their employer – it was held in the case of Hainsworth v Ministry of Defence.

According to official Government figures released last week, in the period March to May 2014, both employment and unemployment in Scotland have increased.

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has held, in Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes, that it was proportionate for a law firm to choose a retirement age of 65, notwithstanding the fact that a higher age could have had a less discriminatory effect.

The UK Supreme Court has recently ruled that it is a breach of human rights to force people to disclose minor offences or childhood crimes on job applications, a decision which will now apply to all job applicants in the UK.