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 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

Britain's most senior Asian police officer Tarique Ghaffur has withdrawn his claims that former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair was racist towards him, it has emerged.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

Muslim twin sisters claiming sex, race and religious discrimination against a City firm have won a multi-million pound out of court settlement, according to press reports. Twins Samira and Hanan Fariad took Tradition Securities and Futures to an e  More...
13 November 2008 08:30

An Asian man who alleges work colleagues superimposed his face on a photograph with Osama Bin Laden is suing his former employer for £50,000. Vinod Rajdev claims that work associates at software provider Civica routinely taunted him and joked that   More...
07 November 2008 16:34

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: Race discrimination. High street bank Abbey has said it is considering taking a Employment appeal tribunal decision to the Court of Appeal after a former investment banker was awarded £  More...
31 October 2008 16:15

A major test of the UK's religious discrimination laws next week could see a record compensation payout, according to reports. A pair of Muslim twins are taking City firm Tradition Securities and Futures to an employment tribunal on a series of all  More...
30 October 2008 10:45

A former Al Jazeera executive has lost her £1m tribunal case for unfair dismissal and discrimination against the TV channel. An employment tribunal ruled against Jo Burgin, employed as head of planning in the international news channel's Doha headqua  More...
16 October 2008 15:10

London Underground has been accused of institutional racism against white staff after an Irishman won the latest 'Jellygate' case . Transport for London (TfL), which runs London Underground, was accused of institutional racism by a union officia  More...
15 October 2008 11:31

Met Police HR director Martin Tiplady has admitted the under-fire force is "light years away" from achieving proportionate levels of black or Asian officers in senior ranks. But he said the inquiry into alleged racism at the country's biggest polic  More...
14 October 2008 00:01

London mayor Boris Johnson is to set up an inquiry into racism claims at the Metropolitan Police Force, according to reports. Teh move came after the Met Black Police Association (Met BPA) announced plans to "actively discourage" young black and Asia  More...
06 October 2008 11:51

The UK's most senior black policeman has told the BBC's Panorama programme that racism is widespread across the police force. Kent chief constable Mike Fuller told the prime time documentary , in a programme to be broadcast tonight, that black and  More...
06 October 2008 10:21

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes the CIPD chief executive Jackie Orme talks exclusively to Personnel Today about her vision for HR and we bring you news on the Tube worker who is suing his employers after being s  More...
03 October 2008 15:16

Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair has blamed a break down in his relationship with London mayor Boris Johnson as the main reason for his shock resignation today. This afternoon Blair announced he will resign on 1 December after just thre  More...
02 October 2008 17:06

A London Underground (LU) worker is suing his employer for victimisation after he complained about a colleague's allegedly frightening behaviour. Tom Mahoney, a supervisor at Caledonian Road station, told the Watford employment tribunal that Daniel   More...
01 October 2008 11:05

EXCLUSIVE Angela O'Connor has fiercely denied that she condoned any discrimination or in any way acted inappropriately during the Halima Aziz race discrimination case that has been running for seven years. Lawyer Aziz, who was suspended by th  More...
18 September 2008 09:29

High-profile race discrimination accusations against the Metropolitan police will damage recruitment to forces nationwide, the Police Federation warned last week. The organisation, which represents rank-and-file officers, said the media frenzy surr  More...
15 September 2008 00:00

The most senior Muslim woman in the Met is days away from lodging a claim of race discrimination against her employer, just days after Tarique Ghaffur has been 'relieved of his duties', it has emerged. Yasmin Rehman, a director of diversity within t  More...
10 September 2008 17:24

Tarique Ghaffur has claimed he is being victimised for making a complaint about race discrimination against the Metropolitan Police, after the force's commissioner, Sir Ian Blair , yesterday relieved him of his duties. Britain's most seni  More...
10 September 2008 10:23

The number of women in top roles in public life could be boosted by the use of role models, positive action, more flexible working and better networking, a government report has recommended. The Closing the Gap report highlights what needs to be   More...
05 September 2008 11:15