Don’t call me ‘queer’: DEI is failing LGB employees

Does your organisation celebrate 'queer’ people? If so, you’re almost certainly insulting the very people you're trying to support.

Mother who faced an empty office after maternity leave wins £25k

A former recruiter has won £25,000 after her employer failed to provide return-to-work accommodations after her maternity leave, a tribunal has heard.

How will the Supreme Court's gender ruling impact HR leaders?

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex, and that the legal concept of sex is binary. We asked commentators how this could impact HR.

Employers must tackle insecure work for young women

Young women face unfair, and sometimes illegal, work practices. Employers must step up and help.

Fewer women plan to upskill in AI than men

Fewer women plan on increasing their artificial intelligence (AI) skills and knowledge compared with men, new research has found.

Asking a woman why she wants to work is sexist, tribunal rules

Asking a woman why she wants to work is a sexist remark, a tribunal has ruled.

Gender-critical scientist wins tribunal

A scientist has won his claim for constructive dismissal after experiencing hostility at work for his gender critical views, The Times has reported.

Male employees overestimate workplace equality

Three quarters (76%) of working men believe that men and women are paid equally, according to a new report.

Women losing jobs due to pregnancy or maternity leave reaches new high

Women are increasingly being pushed out of their jobs when pregnant, on, or returning from, maternity leave, new research has revealed.

Women in their 50s have the biggest gender pay gap

Women aged 50 to 59 are subject to the widest gender pay gap, according to data compiled by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), published on Monday (17 February).

Employers can’t afford not to support employees with endometriosis

New data from the Office for National Statistics reveals a stark reality: patients with endometriosis face a persistent wage gap, earning £56 less monthly within five years of diagnosis.

Asda equal pay tribunal advances to final stage

Female workers at supermarket Asda have advanced to the final stage in their legal battle for equal pay, in what law firm Leigh Day described as "the largest ever private-sector equal pay claim".