It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee or job applicant because of any of the protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010.
The nine protected characteristics are age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnership.
A former cashier at a London casino has been awarded almost £75,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal and age and...
After a tribunal judged that calling someone 'bald' amounted to harassment related to sex, Shakil Butt explains why the panel was right.
Police Scotland has paid out almost £948,000 in compensation to Rhona Malone who brought a sexism and discrimination tribunal claim.
An employment tribunal has ruled that an electrician dismissed for gross misconduct had been subject to sex harassment because he was bald.
Is long Covid a disability? The EHRC says it depends on each case.
Personnel Today invited two commentators to answer a defining question of our time – what is a woman? Here, Maya Forstater provides her answer and explains what it means for employers
Personnel Today invited two commentators to answer a defining question of our time – what is a woman? Here, Robin Moira White provides her answer and explains what it means for employers
In Ms E Onibere v Rodman Pearce Solicitors Ltd, a tribunal ruled an employee with cancer was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against.
An employee who was threatened with dismissal after revealing she was pregnant has been awarded a £15k pay out for pregnancy and maternity discrimination.
Share option gulf underlines failure of gender pay gap to close in UK.
An employment tribunal has ruled that a Cambridgeshire school indirectly discriminated against a teacher when it gave him a final written warning.
Employment tribunals in which employees alleged they were discriminated against for being ‘neurodiverse’ rose by a third last year.
Slight widening of gap since 2014, as the ONS reveals that the disability pay gap has consistently been wider for disabled men than for disabled women.
Employment lawyer Sarah Evans says the Angela Rayner scandal emphasises the government's inaction to introduce new duties on employers to prevent harassment at work.
An employment tribunal case involving a barrister who is alleging her chambers and LGBT campaign group Stonewall tried to silence her views on gender has begun.
