To encourage an inclusive working environment, employers and HR professionals must make sure that they, and their employees, are educated about visible difference.
We asked employment lawyers how to ensure that companies wanting to recruit candidates from minority groups – ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) – do not unintentionally discriminate.
An HR manager has been awarded over £19k for pregnancy discrimination after her employer bullied and dismissed her on “trumped up” charges.
An employment tribunal awarded £90,000 to a mother for sex discrimination, after her employer asked her children’s ages during an interview and later withdrew her job offer.
A Environmental Agency employee who described himself as a “non feminist” has lost his tribunal claim for discrimination, victimisation and unfair dismissal.
A new act is set to strengthen employers’ obligation to prevent sexual harassment of employees in the workplace.
A female headteacher sexually harassed a male teaching assistant by repeatedly commenting on his “fit” body, an employment tribunal ruled.
Employment tribunals where defendants claimed their remarks were just banter rose by 45% in 2021, according to research from law firm GQ Littler.
Many cancer patients returning to work are unaware of their rights at work, and HR departments are failing to inform them.
