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

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

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

Saini v All Saints Haque Centre & Bungay & Paul Facts All Saints Haque Centre, in Wolverhampton, provides immigration advice. Mr Saini (a Hindu) was employed as a senior advice worker. Mr Chandel (a Hindu) was the centre's project man  More...
17 November 2008 11:24

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

Payouts for equal pay, unfair dismissal, and religious and sexual orientation discrimination jumped as total employment tribunal payouts hit £32m in 2006-07, new statistics have revealed. A Freedom of Information Act request by the Sunday Telegr  More...
10 November 2008 10:10

A Muslim fork-lift truck driver who sued Tesco for religious discrimination because he was asked to handle alcoholic drinks as part of his job at the company's Lichfield goods depot has lost his case, it has emerged. Mohammed Ahmed, who was raised   More...
07 November 2008 13:21

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 devout Christian who was put on unpaid leave in October 2006 when she refused to hide or remove a crucifix while working at Heathrow Airport has appealed against an employment tribunal ruling that found British Airways not guilty of religious discrimi  More...
15 October 2008 08:01

The Prison Service needs to "urgently" improve how staff deal with Muslim inmates, the chief inspector of prisons has warned. After a visit to high security HMP Whitemoor in April, chief inspector Anne Owers said staff at the jail appeared to have  More...
10 October 2008 12:43

Muslim fork truck driver Mohammed Ahmed is suing Tesco for religious discrimination because he had to handle alcoholic drinks as part of his job at the company's Lichfield goods depot . Ahmed, who was raised in Saudi Arabia, told a Birmingham emp  More...
29 September 2008 15:20

Kaushar Tai would have us believe that organisations have a legislative and moral duty to learn about Shariah law ('A matter of belief', Personnel Today , 23 September). But then, he would say that, wouldn't he? He is, after all, a diversity consu  More...
26 September 2008 18:04

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: A survey of 5,000 HR professional shows men earn 20% more than their female colleagues We look at what the European Court of Justice advocate general's decision means fo  More...
26 September 2008 15:16

Employers have been urged to warn staff about sending inappropriate cards to colleagues after a Muslim computer worker who received a 40th birthday card saying 'too old to be a terrorist' won thousands of pounds in compensation. Omar Fikri agreed to  More...
19 September 2008 08:00

Duncan Bain of Morgan Cole Solicitors, explains what needs to go in the dress code policy.  More...
02 September 2008 12:56

HR news and analysis including: why some employers are disillusioned by the latest duties imposed on them when bidding for government contracts, including that they must publish diversity stats and enable staff the right to training new boss o  More...
18 July 2008 16:04

HR news and analysis including: the Christian registrar who has won her employment tribunal against Islington council after she refused to officiate over same-sex civil partnership ceremonies how the current economic gloom is affecting human resour  More...
11 July 2008 14:29

In a win for religious freedom, a Christian registrar who refused to conduct gay weddings has won a landmark discrimination case. Compensation for Lillian Ladele will be decided in September after Islington Council was found guilty of bullying and th  More...
11 July 2008 12:04

I read with some interest Tony Pettengell's article on the Equality Bill ('Wrong about rights', Off Message, Personnel Today , 8 July). I share his concern for equality at all levels of our society and would want to see men and women treated   More...
10 July 2008 13:24

The Equality Bill is a good start but it cannot ensure equality for women without tackling the underlying cause of discrimination.   More...
04 July 2008 11:05