It looks as if religious bodies will have very few options when it comes to refusing to employ gay men and women in non-core roles. Ross Bentley looks at how this clash of ideologies will play out.  More...
01 July 2009 00:45

Are some equalities more equal than others? Equality laws may have created a pecking order of competing equalities where clashes can occur  More...
05 May 2009 14:06

European MPs will vote later this month on whether both partners in a lesbian couple should be entitled to maternity and paternity leave. Proposals have gone before the European Parliament that will give MEPs the chance to grant two weeks' leave to g  More...
01 May 2009 11:00

A person of strong religious faith has asked me, the HR manager, if she can be moved from a workstation she shares with a gay man. That person openly discusses his lifestyle and relationship with another man, and the religious person says she finds such  More...
23 April 2009 16:40

Charity worker David Booker faces an internal investigation today after he was suspended from his job at a Christian hostel for the homeless for discussing his views on homosexuality. Booker, 44, was suspended last month after he told co-worker Fiona  More...
22 April 2009 08:46

Equalities minister Harriet Harman's Equality Bill will, if enacted, extend the law on direct discrimination to include discrimination by association and perception to disability, sex, gender reassignment and age in both the employment field and be  More...
03 April 2009 12:00

A video games designer is to sue Microsoft for £45,000 after allegedly suffering homophobic taunts . Jamie Durrant, who designs Xbox 360 games, said he was called "Fag Boy Jim" and sent round-robin e-mails with headings including "I'm Jim and I'm  More...
25 March 2009 11:30

Courts have awarded a gay man £62,525 in compensation after a former colleague jiggled her breasts at him and persistently made offensive comments about his sexuality. An employment tribunal in Reading in January and February last year heard how All  More...
20 February 2009 11:14

English v Thomas Sanderson Ltd FACTS Stephen English worked for Thomas Sanderson Ltd, a supplier of blinds, between 1996 and 2005. In November 2005, he issued a claim in the Employment Tribunal alleging that he had been harassed contrary to th  More...
16 January 2009 13:56

The group chief executive of Lloyds TSB has paid tribute to the bank's sexual orientation strategy after it was named the most gay-friendly employer in the UK. Lloyds TSB came out top of the Top 100 Employers 2009 , published by campaign group Sto  More...
12 January 2009 08:00

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 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