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The Fair Work Agency (FWA) has taken over responsibility for the Employment Tribunal: Penalty Enforcement and Naming Scheme, which operates to enforce pay awards handed down by an employment tribunal (ET) or agreed via an Acas settlement. Failure to pay could result in a fine and inclusion on a “naming” list on the government website.

In Macdonald v Computershare Technology Services (UK) Ltd the employer did not discriminate against an employee when it refused a flexible working request that would have allowed the employee to provide care to their disabled children.