Equality, diversity and inclusion

Shannon Burns’ claims for failure to make reasonable adjustments and discrimination arising from disability succeeded.

Lidl GB signs legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.

There were 20,519 health and care worker visas granted to main applicants in the year ending June 2025.

Former prison officer awarded £445k after unfair dismissal and failure to make reasonable adjustments for his epilepsy.

There has been a rise in recent months in the number of young people in the UK not in education, employment or training.

UK gender pension gap means retired women effectively stop receiving a pension from today – the equivalent of losing out on £7,600.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich defends issuing staff with an inclusive language guide which suggests they use ‘spouse’ or ‘partner’ instead.

A midwife who was reported to her regulator and counter-terrorism group Prevent by her former employer is taking the Trust to tribunal for belief discrimination.

Woman claims age discrimination and harassment due to younger colleagues acting ‘noisy and boisterous’ but loses tribunal case.

Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has introduced a neurodiversity mentoring programme for staff.

Equality watchdog suggests government could consider reintroducing equal pay questionnaires in its response to a call for evidence.

British Transport Police is believed to have become the first police service in the UK to hire frontline officers specifically to work part-time.

Georgie Willis, head of diversity and inclusion at Eurostar, to deliver keynote at Employee Benefits Live 2025 on 2 October.

A security officer at Heathrow Airport has been awarded £44,000 for unfair dismissal after he was sacked for showing a ‘racist’ video to a colleague.

Scottish ministers are facing further legal action from the campaign group that won April’s UK Supreme Court ruling on the...