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 lesbian soldier who is claiming nearly half a million pounds in compensation from the Ministry of Defence has returned to an Employment Tribunal to fight for compensation. Fletcher is claiming £25,000 for injury to feelings as well as £381,000 for  More...
23 September 2008 15:31

Intelligence service MI5 has teamed up with a gay lobby group to actively recruit more homosexual staff, it has emerged. The UK security service has hired gay activist organisation Stonewall to advise on how it can attract more lesbian or gay cand  More...
18 August 2008 10:30

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

A gay church worker who quit his job after less than a year on claims of sexual harassment has been awarded more than £35,000 at employment tribunal. Stephen Price, 25, said he was constantly teased about his sexuality by his 40-year-old "sex obsesse  More...
16 July 2008 11:19

Army chiefs joined forces with protest group Stonewall to promote equal rights and tolerance of homosexual soldiers. The head of the British Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, said discrimination prevented soldiers doing their jobs properly, an  More...
14 July 2008 13:52

The new Equality Bill will create a step change in opportunities in modern Britain. Ensuring diversity – both by protecting vulnerable groups where necessary and by building their capacity in the workplace – is essential if we are to cre  More...
03 July 2008 17:02

The government White Paper on the Equality Bill was published on 26 June 2008. And although it doesn't go as far as some employers had originally feared, the clear message is that the government is committed to working to achieve equality in the workpla  More...
02 July 2008 16:07

The Equality Bill promises the biggest shake up in discrimination law since the 1970s. Its provisions will have serious repercussions for employers, especially with regard to positive discrimination, openness on pay and the extension of age discrimi  More...
02 July 2008 15:59

Will the Equality Bill allow employers to effectively tackle the inequalities that still persist in many British workplaces? No. Let's be honest - positive action is discrimination. Whether it is justifiable or, indeed, necessary is a totally   More...
02 July 2008 15:55

Harriet Harman will unveil the first draft of the Equality Bill before Parliament today - potentially paving the way for positive discrimination in the workplace. Several reports claim the equalities minister's White Paper will force companies   More...
26 June 2008 11:21

I manage a women-only driving school. I recently discovered one of my new instructors is a transsexual and was formerly a man. This doesn't bother me, but some clients might mind. Legally, where do I stand and what are the implications?  Putting  More...
10 June 2008 00:00

Colleges and universities are failing to write race, gender and disability equality schemes and action plans as required by law, according to the sector's main union. The University and College Union (UCU) wants to see the Equality and Human Ri  More...
29 May 2008 09:55

A major shake-up of discrimination laws is expected to be announced in Gordon Brown's draft Queen's Speech today. Brown will outline the long-awaited Single Equality Bill, on a list of measures to be introduced during the 2008/9 Parliamentary sess  More...
14 May 2008 09:10

Diversity chiefs have insisted they are actively tackling the challenges of sending lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) staff to countries where homosexuality is strongly frowned upon. Globalisation means that private sector firms and government departme  More...
21 April 2008 09:03

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has finally published its single equality scheme  – three months late. All public authorities have a duty to produce an overarching equality scheme, setting out their position for staff on rac  More...
02 April 2008 09:59

A charity that campaigns to provide a "secure base for Britain's minority ethnic communities" has called for effective leadership to promote diversity, after a poll revealed that almost nine in 10 recent graduates have experienced some kind of discrimin  More...
01 April 2008 09:04

In the recent case of English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a man who had been subject to homophobic 'banter' could not bring a claim for harassment under the sexual orientation regulations, because he was no  More...
13 March 2008 10:29

English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds Ltd, Employment Appeal Tribunal  More...
10 March 2008 12:26

The HR manager at the firm embroiled in a high-profile gay banter case has attacked the "ludicrous" tribunal claim by an ex-employee. Former sales manager Stephen English claimed to have suffered years of gay taunts from colleagues at the company ev  More...
07 March 2008 14:40