Recruitment advertising has been in the spotlight recently after a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found that job adverts could amount to direct discrimination . In the case of Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor rac  More...
01 December 2008 00:00

Q Does the Ladele case - where registrar Lillian Ladele won religious discrimination case after refusing to officiate at civic partnerships - prove that religion is more influential in the workplace than ever? Mike Judge Head of communications, Chr  More...
01 December 2008 00:00

Controversial plans to allow employers to discriminate in favour of hiring ethnic minority job candidates have been branded unrealistic by senior employment figures. The long-awaited Equality Bill, expected to come into force in 2010, will allo  More...
01 December 2008 00:00

London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm House of Lords In a recent case on housing provision discrimination, the House of Lords stated that the long standing authority of Clark v Novacold was "wrongly decided". This will lead to an uncertain future   More...
01 December 2008 00:00

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that the European Equal Treatment Directive (EET Directive) does cover direct discrimination and harassment against an employee on the grounds of their association with a disabled person. Associative dis  More...
01 December 2008 00:00

HR news and analysis, including: Find out who was the overall winner at Personnel Today’s glittering awards ceremony  on 27 November – and listen to why they thought they won the coveted trophy We discuss how recent developments in the Sh  More...
28 November 2008 17:52

The CIPD's role in regulating the profession has been questioned by HR professionals in the wake of the BNP membership list scandal. Last week the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said it would take no action against a member named   More...
27 November 2008 14:57

A 'bullied' former hotel inspector has won her case for unfair dismissal against the Automobile Association (AA) and plans further action in the courts. Jane Wyatt, a senior hotel inspector in the Hotels Services Division, was sacked by the A  More...
27 November 2008 13:02

A lesbian soldier has been awarded almost £190,000 in compensation after being sexually harassed by a male sergeant. An employment tribunal awarded lance bombardier Kerry Fletcher £186,895 for sex discrimination, victimisation and sexual harassment.  More...
27 November 2008 11:34

The online publication of the membership list of the right-wing British National Party (BNP) has raised some important issues . Following its publication, a policeman revealed to be a supporter is now expected to face disciplinary action, and a national  More...
26 November 2008 17:38

The woman who earned up to £100,000 by accusing 22 companies of ageism has had her latest claims thrown out of court, it has emerged. Margaret Keane, aged 50, was yesterday told she was a "serial litigator" who had no interest in applying for the jo  More...
26 November 2008 13:12

Britain's most senior Asian police officer Tarique Ghaffur has withdrawn his claims that former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair was racist towards him, it has emerged. The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has confirmed the alleged   More...
25 November 2008 14:36

A British Airways (BA) check-in clerk who claimed she was religiously discriminated against for wearing a crucifix on a necklace has lost her appeal case. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld the employment tribunal's ruling from earlier  More...
24 November 2008 10:40

Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police v Homer Facts Mr Homer worked for West Yorkshire Police (the force) for 30 years as a police officer. In 1995, following his retirement as a serving officer, he commenced employment with the force as a  More...
21 November 2008 18:06

Personnel Today's drive to force the government to commit to scrapping the default retirement age (DRA) has stepped up a gear after receiving support from leading age campaigner Baroness Sally Greengross. She will be pushing for a debate in th  More...
21 November 2008 17:21

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: advice from a senior HR director about the function’s role during the economic downturn how a hotel chain is preparing for the UK losing its opt-out to the Working Time Di  More...
21 November 2008 16:50

John Sergeant, the BNP and the CIPD make unlikely bedfellows, but the former political editor's recent actions show the institute how to act.   More...
21 November 2008 16:45

Leading HR directors have called on the CIPD to toughen up its rules after it emerged one of its members was named as a British National Party (BNP) activist. A leaked list of BNP members published online last week identified the individual - who r  More...
21 November 2008 16:40

The government's flagship Equality Bill, set to be formally laid before Parliament in next week's Queen's Speech, has provoked a great deal of controversy since it was first  unveiled in June. The Equality Bill will allow employers to positivel  More...
21 November 2008 16:35

A set of standards geared towards building respect between different cultures at work will be launched next week. The National Occupational Standards for Inter-cultural Working are aimed at creating mutual respect, improving communication and wor  More...
21 November 2008 12:36