http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbThu, 08 Jan 2009 14:13:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/08/48896/metropolitan-police-sued-by-two-wpcs-for-sexual-harassment.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/08/48896/metropolitan-police-sued-by-two-wpcs-for-sexual-harassment.html Two women police officers are each suing the Metropolitan Police for £1m over alleged sexual harassment by three policemen at stations in the Romford area. WPC Paula Church accused senior management of a cover-Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:13:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/08/48892/gay-friendly-workplace-league-table-topped-by-lloyds-tsb.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/08/48892/gay-friendly-workplace-league-table-topped-by-lloyds-tsb.html Lloyds TSB has been named the most gay-friendly employer in the UK. Campaign group Stonewall's Top 100 Employers 2009, ranks the best employers in the Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/08/48889/race-lobby-group-calls-for-radical-action-to-boost-minority-managers.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/08/48889/race-lobby-group-calls-for-radical-action-to-boost-minority-managers.html Urgent action is required to boost the number of ethnic minority managers in UK workplaces, according to an equality lobbying group. A study by Race for Opportunity - part of the BusinessThu, 08 Jan 2009 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/07/48881/muslim-bank-worker-sues-hbos-for-16.7m-for-alleged-discrimination.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/07/48881/muslim-bank-worker-sues-hbos-for-16.7m-for-alleged-discrimination.html Muslim bank worker Mona Awad is suing her former employer Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) for £16.7m for alleged sexual, racial and religious <A href="http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2007/10/08/42673/discrimination-how-to-Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:57:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/06/48875/christian-registrar-ladele-plans-appeal-in-gay-partnerships-case.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/06/48875/christian-registrar-ladele-plans-appeal-in-gay-partnerships-case.html Christian registrar Lillian Ladele’s lawyer has asked permission to appeal a recent ruling by an Employment Appeal Tribunal that her employer, Islington Council, did not discriminate against her on religious Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:59:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/06/48873/equality-bill-amended-to-force-private-sector-employers-to-disclose-gender-pay-differences.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/01/06/48873/equality-bill-amended-to-force-private-sector-employers-to-disclose-gender-pay-differences.html The draft Equality Bill is being amended to force private sector employers to publish gender pay statistics, according to reports this morning. The bill had only required public sector employers and those private firms bidTue, 06 Jan 2009 09:55:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/19/48811/friday-podcast-working-time-directive-opt-out-tupe-ruling.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/19/48811/friday-podcast-working-time-directive-opt-out-tupe-ruling.html Join Personnel Today for the last podcast of the year. HR news and views including: What happens next regarding the Working Time Directive? If the opt-out is scrapped for good, as is looking liFri, 19 Dec 2008 15:33:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/19/48805/employment-prospects-of-ethnic-minorities-fail-to-improve-since-1970s.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/19/48805/employment-prospects-of-ethnic-minorities-fail-to-improve-since-1970s.html The employment prospects of some of the UK's ethnic minorities have failed to improve and may well have declined markedly since the 1970s, according to research. A study by research professors at both Manchester and OFri, 19 Dec 2008 14:57:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/16/48729/gender-pay-gap-is-greatest-in-consulting.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/16/48729/gender-pay-gap-is-greatest-in-consulting.html Female consultants face a bigger gender pay gap than women in IT, finance, retail or the public and voluntary sectors, according to Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/12/48470/friday-podcast-working-time-directive-opt-out-pay-cuts-and-pensions-christmas-sickies.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/12/48470/friday-podcast-working-time-directive-opt-out-pay-cuts-and-pensions-christmas-sickies.html HR news and analysis including: Why the UK is likely to lose its current exemption rights from the Working Time Directive, forcing employees to stop working more than 48 hours a week. We debate the latest thinking froFri, 12 Dec 2008 14:48:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/08/48695/selina-scott-case-could-cause-surge-in-age-discrmination-claims.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/08/48695/selina-scott-case-could-cause-surge-in-age-discrmination-claims.html High-profile age discrimination cases like that of Selina Scott will encourage more employees to take claims to court, experts have warned. Following the news that <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:04:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/08/48663/london-olympic-2012-organisers-promise-interviews-to-disabled.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/08/48663/london-olympic-2012-organisers-promise-interviews-to-disabled.html The organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games have pledged to give job interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy. The promise is part of a recruitment drive by the London Organising ComMon, 08 Dec 2008 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/05/48648/hr-gender-pay-gap-shrinks-as-womens-pay-rises-surge-ahead-of-the-men.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/05/48648/hr-gender-pay-gap-shrinks-as-womens-pay-rises-surge-ahead-of-the-men.html The gender pay gap for HR directors shrunk this year as female HR chiefs saw their earnings jump by almost three times the as much as their male counterparts. The 2008-09 Salary Survey of HR/Personnel Staff by payFri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/04/48640/self-styled-older-worker-champion-hits-out-at-ageist-recruitment-agencies.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/04/48640/self-styled-older-worker-champion-hits-out-at-ageist-recruitment-agencies.html A 'serial litigant' has lashed out at recruitment agencies for failing to put forward older workers for jobs. Writing to Personnel Today, Margaret Keane defended why she made <A href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/neThu, 04 Dec 2008 13:11:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/04/48633/credit-crunch-is-bad-news-for-employment-prospects-of-disabled.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/04/48633/credit-crunch-is-bad-news-for-employment-prospects-of-disabled.html Disabled employees have even less chance of getting a job during a recession, the TUC has warned. Frances O'Grady, the deputy general secretary of the union boThu, 04 Dec 2008 11:17:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/03/48599/queens-speech-workplace-equality-flexible-working-welfare-reform-and-skills-all-on-the-agenda.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/03/48599/queens-speech-workplace-equality-flexible-working-welfare-reform-and-skills-all-on-the-agenda.html Measures to increase workplace equality, extend flexible working rights, reform the welfare-to-work process and boost skills featured in the Queen's Speech<STRONWed, 03 Dec 2008 12:44:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/28/48472/friday-podcast-awards-2008-discrimination-by-association-and-fit-notes.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/28/48472/friday-podcast-awards-2008-discrimination-by-association-and-fit-notes.html 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 disFri, 28 Nov 2008 17:52:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/27/48536/bnp-row-leads-to-flurry-of-forum-debate-over-cipds-regulatory-role.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/27/48536/bnp-row-leads-to-flurry-of-forum-debate-over-cipds-regulatory-role.html The CIPD's role in regulating the profession has been questioned by HR professionals in the wake of the BNP membership list scandal. Last week the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said it would take no actiThu, 27 Nov 2008 14:57:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/27/48532/aa-faces-more-days-in-court-after-bullied-ex-employee-wins-at-tribunal.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/27/48532/aa-faces-more-days-in-court-after-bullied-ex-employee-wins-at-tribunal.html A 'bullied' former hotel inspector has won her case for unfair dismissal against the Automobile Association (AA) and plans further action in the courts. Jane Wyatt, a senior hotel inspector in the Hotels SeThu, 27 Nov 2008 13:02:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/27/48529/lesbian-soldier-who-spurned-sergeant-wins-190000-in-sex-discrimination-case.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/11/27/48529/lesbian-soldier-who-spurned-sergeant-wins-190000-in-sex-discrimination-case.html A lesbian soldier has been awarded almost £190,000 in compensation after being sexually harassed by a male sergeant. An employment tribunal awarded lance bombardier Kerry Fletcher £186,895 for sex discrimination, victimisaThu, 27 Nov 2008 11:34:00 GMT