Female representation on the boards of Europe's largest companies has doubled during the past eight years, with 16% of these posts now held by women, up from 8% in 2004. Executive recruitment firm Egon Zehnder International, which carried out the re  More...
06 September 2012 11:01

Four religious discrimination cases that have been taken to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could have wide-ranging implications for employers if they are successful, an employment lawyer has claimed. The ECHR has begun hearing the cases of  More...
04 September 2012 11:38

Many employers continue to be incredibly nervous when navigating the myriad of potential legal issues surrounding maternity and the existence of various employment law myths simply add to the confusion. Examine each of the below statements and   More...
24 August 2012 07:31

A tribunal has struck out a claim of belief discrimination from a violinist in the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) who was disciplined after publically protesting against the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) performing at the 2011 Proms. Sara  More...
20 August 2012 09:00

Charles Hipps, CEO at e-recruitment specialist WCN , examines why, despite the obvious benefits of a diverse workforce, so many employers still recruit more of the same people, and how employers can remedy the situation. Why is diversity impor  More...
16 August 2012 12:33

A London-based retailer forced a Muslim employee to resign after she wore a headscarf to work, because it wanted to retain its "trendy" image, an employment tribunal has ruled. Ms Farrah brought a claim for unfair dismissal and direct religious discr  More...
07 August 2012 10:24

When a claimant who had brought a race discrimination claim saw an email - which commented on her capabilities - sent from her employer via Acas during settlement conciliation, she ultimately won a case of victimisation. And while the case of Vern  More...
06 August 2012 10:57

The total compensation awarded in discrimination cases in 2011 reached a record high of just under £9 million, primarily due to two NHS cases that paid out nearly £5.5 million between them. This is according to a survey by the Equal Opportuniti  More...
03 August 2012 15:03

Many benefits are offered only to senior employees, but why? Extending certain perks to a wider audience can make HR and financial sense through improved ease of access, worksite marketing and economies of scale. Emma Page reports. In its Comprehensi  More...
01 August 2012 10:40

Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will "change the law" to allow people to wear religious symbols in the workplace, after he was asked during today's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) about the Eweida case. Nadia Eweida, a former British Ai  More...
11 July 2012 15:54

When people think of diversity, they tend to think of the differences they see or perceive, such as gender, race or physical disability. But those "visible" features are actually only a very small part of the diversity equation. To understand diversity   More...
11 July 2012 14:58

The number of discrimination claims submitted to tribunals dropped by 26% in 2011/12, with sexual and age discrimination seeing the largest falls. This compared with a 15% fall in the overall number of claims received by employment tribunals , accor  More...
03 July 2012 14:19

Council of the City of Sunderland v Brennan and others FACTS Female employees at Sunderland City Council brought equal pay claims relating to bonus arrangements. Historically, jobs attracting the bonus payments had typically been done by men an  More...
21 June 2012 12:11

The Government is proposing to repeal the provision in the Equality Act 2010 that gives employment tribunals the power to make wide recommendations about the employer's workplace in successful discrimination claims. When employment tribunals exercise th  More...
18 June 2012 13:37

Businesses that lose an employment tribunal on equal pay grounds will be required to carry out compulsory pay audits under plans unveiled by the Government. In the Government's response to the Modern Workplaces consultation, Parliamentary   More...
15 June 2012 16:36

Many employers are failing to offer working fathers the support they need to play a greater role in raising their children. This is according to research released today by the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei) and BT, which found t  More...
14 June 2012 16:13

Recent cases reveal the complexity of potential discrimination in the area of age, says John Charlton. Now in its sixth year, Seldon v Clarkson Wright & Jakes (CW&J), the case of former law firm senior partner Leslie Seldon, has shone so  More...
11 June 2012 09:00

Professions such as law, journalism and medicine should be made open to applicants from a more diverse range of backgrounds, according to a government adviser. Alan Milburn, former Labour minister and the coalition Government's social mobility advis  More...
30 May 2012 13:29

Efforts to bring more women onto the boards of FTSE 350 companies are being held back by selection processes that favour candidates who fit in with masculine boardroom cultures. This is according to a report from the Equality and Human Rights Commis  More...
28 May 2012 10:34

For the past year, employers have been unable to give notice of retirement to employees, and it is more than five years since age discrimination legislation was introduced in the UK. One might expect that organisations have made significant progres  More...
17 May 2012 12:37