In this article, we seek to demystify LGBT+ History Month celebrations by suggesting ways in which employers can respectfully honour this year’s “Behind the Lens” theme and, more importantly, meaningfully commit to valuing and respecting LGBT+ employees all year round.

About William Azuh
William is an associate in the People, Reward and Mobility team at Dentons.
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We blogged in June last year about the employment tribunal claim of Ali -v- Capita Customer Management Ltd where Mr Ali was successful in his claim for direct sex discrimination. Female employees at Capita were entitled to 14 weeks’ full pay on maternity leave whereas fathers were only entitled to two weeks’ full pay on paternity and shared parental leave. Mr Ali's wife was advised to return to work early from maternity leave after being diagnosed with post natal depression. Mr Ali asked Capita whether he could take leave instead and was told he could take shared parental leave on statutory pay. The Tribunal found that this was direct sex discrimination.