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.
The new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said institutional racism “is a stain” on the NHS, and...
A woman who sued her employer for sex discrimination has lost her case despite complaints of a 'laddish' culture.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967 but a ban continued in the armed forces until an ECHR ruling in 2000.
More than half of mothers have borne the brunt of unfair treatment while pregnant, on maternity leave or upon their return to work.
The Police Federation will not appeal a recent tribunal decision finding it had discriminated against officers who sought justice after being moved to an inferior pension scheme.
More than hundred UK McDonald's workers, many of them young, speak out about sexual harassment in its fast food restaurants.
Plans to toughen up workplace sexual harassment laws will be diluted, drawing heavy criticism from the TUC and equality campaigners....
The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry into sexism and misogyny in financial services.
Maya Forstater awarded £105,800 in remedy judgment after CGD was found to have engaged in unlawful discrimination.
Policies designed to boost diversity among RAF recruits were unlawful, an inquiry has found.
Employers have the right policies to promote equality for LGBTQ+ employees, but these are not enough to ensure inclusion, a report says.
A woman whose gender-critical beliefs were the subject of a petition and scathing comments has won her claim for harassment at an employment tribunal.
Only half of LGBTQ+ workers in the UK are comfortable being 'out' at work, with many feeling they would be treated differently by colleagues.
Does the BSI's menopause workplace standard go far enough to help firms support employees stuggling with its symptoms?
An employment tribunal has reconsidered a case in which an executive was denied a pay rise after her boss allegedly claimed that her husband earned a large enough salary already.
