Editors Blog

'Greenism' belief ruling adds to burden on employers

The ruling that an individual's view on climate change is capable of being a philosophical belief akin to religion is most unwelcome for employers.Unfortunately this was a mess waiting to happen following the poorly drafted 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations....

Posted by Mike Berry on November 6, 2009 11:55 AM

'Nameless CV' proposal comes back to haunt HR

Just as you thought you'd heard the last of the 'nameless CV' proposal, it is rearing its ugly head again. Angry HR professionals opposing the idea wrote to us back in May slamming the proposal for job applications to be...

Posted by Dawn Spalding on July 6, 2009 2:01 PM

Carers and the Equality Bill

At an event last night held by membership forum Employers for Carers to help celebrate the launch of Carers Week. Nearly one in seven UK workers are carers (according to the 2001 census), with official estimates that claim as many as one in three people will fulfill a carer's role at some point in their lives.

Posted by Guy Logan on June 10, 2009 1:00 PM

Positive action could lead to claims of discrimination

The one provision of the Equality Bill  which I find troubling is the idea that employers will be able to recruit people from an under-represented group when there are candidates of equal merit. One problem with this is that in the real...

Posted by Noel O'Reilly on April 27, 2009 2:20 PM

Women 'must not be sent back to the kitchen' in the recession

Women's equal rights group the Fawcett Society is calling on the government to adopt its five-point recovery plan to help women through, what it calls, is a 'man-made recession'. It is also calling on the government to introduce quotas for...

Posted by Mike Berry on March 6, 2009 8:21 AM

Quick clicks for your Friday afternoon - 16/01/2009

This week's top five HR-related web treats for your Friday afternoon: 5. Guide to pulling a sick day 4. Glass ceiling for men 3. 'Bikini sailors' to increase recruitment 2. Peru firms can't fire drunk staff 1. Disney rejection letter

Posted by Guy Logan on January 16, 2009 3:00 PM

Met Police | How many collars has Ghaffur felt?

One thing curiously absent from the coverage of Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Tarique Ghaffur's discrimination case is his, as it were, on-the-job record. What I'd like to know is how many crims has he brought to book? We've all been...

Posted by John Charlton on September 11, 2008 1:30 PM

Discrimination | Fifa faces uphill struggle for six-plus-five concept

Apologies up front for anyone annoyed that their month-long football respite is being so rudely interrupted by an HR website, but this is about employment more than football. Honest. Chelsea's chief executive Peter Kenyon has defended the dominance of the...

Posted by Rob Moss on July 29, 2008 3:53 PM

Equality | Some light bedtime reading...

The government has published its response to the consultation it held before drafting the Equality Bill. The document can be downloaded here. Be warned - it's a weighty piece of work (more than 200 pages long) but the executive summary...

Posted by Mike Berry on July 23, 2008 8:23 AM

Job interviews | Accent discrimination hits record levels

Brummies beware - a whopping 76% of employers have discriminated against job applicants because of their accents, with candidates from Birmingham the worst hit. A study by law firm and prolific survey producers Peninsula found that 'accent discrimination' is widespread...

Posted by Mike Berry on June 24, 2008 8:15 AM

Older workers | On their last legs

Personnel Today reports that demand for staff is at its lowest for more than four years, and employers are preferring temps to permanent staff. Might this be an opportunity for older workers, who can still legally be forced to retire...

Posted by Sue Proud on April 10, 2008 10:38 AM

Discrimination | World AIDS Day

It's World AIDS Day tomorrow and the TUC is launching a campaign to combat the discrimination and stigma that accompanies infection. Alongside the global pandemic, 70,000 people are now HIV positive in the UK. In that light the TUC said...

Posted by Gareth Vorster on November 30, 2007 3:37 PM