Guidance released by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has clarified that recruiters and employers deliberately drawing up all-female shortlists is illegal.
More than half of British women aged 28 to 40 have suffered from bullying or harassment at work over the past three years, according to research by Opportunity Now. Staff at all levels reported being...
The Department of Health has confirmed there is to be a review into whether NHS staff in England should be allowed to wear full-face veils.
The British Airways (BA) employee, who lost her job because of her Christian faith, yesterday won her case for discrimination at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
At present, any employee or worker working anywhere in the European Union is entitled to work without being discriminated against in relation to certain ‘protected characteristics’. Those protected...
Tomorrow four Christians will be seeking to change UK discrimination law through the European Court of Human Rights.
The high profile racism case involving John Terry highlights how football can often operate very differently from the rest of society when it comes to dealing with issues of race discrimination in the...
Although the term is overused, the reality is diversity is far more recognised in today’s corporate culture than it was even five years ago.
Many of our employment laws since 1996 have focused on protecting the rights of working mothers and ensuring that working mothers are given every opportunity to enjoy a healthy work/family life...
Caroline Waters, BT’s director of people and policy, has spoken publicly about the impact equality has had on business, in a bid to encourage employers to become involved in the Government's Red Tape...
In the strange new world of religion or belief discrimination, have we reached the final frontier? Some people believe that Trekkies – devoted fans of Star Trek – belong to a civil or quasi religion.
Asking an employee to remove a palm cross from a company van: is this unlawful discrimination?
