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.
Woman interprets seemingly innocent interactions with her boss is judged to have skewed perception of them.
Survey finds 15% of managers would not feel confident dealing with complaints from trans staff, with many worried about causing offence.
Goldman Sachs will pay $215m to settle a sex discrimination case brought in the US. It will also review performance and promotion processes.
People with invisible disabilities are being left to source support at work alone, new research has found.
A Ministry of Justice job advertisement for prison officers has fallen foul of advertising standards on race discrimination grounds.
What is the entitlement for employees who are off sick on a bank holiday? See this and other top HR questions for April 2023.
Employees need to feel able to come forward to report incidents of harassment, so organisations need to have robust policies and cultures in place.
High levels of discrimination are preventing lesbians and non-binary employees from fully coming out at work.
Research by Pregnant Then Screwed highlights the discrimination faced by women undergoing infertility treatment.
The government has published new guidance on ethnicity pay gap reporting and positive action in the workplace.Â
Tribunal finds London Underground employee who posted offensive remarks about the Black Lives Matter protests on Facebook was unfairly dismissed.
The Baroness Casey Review into the Metropolitan Police has resulted in a number of learning points for HR professionals.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said it is ‘nonsensical’ that he lacks the power to sack officers.
The EHRC has advised the government that using a biological definition of "sex" in the Equality Act could be beneficial.
A new survey has highlighted a potential spanner in the works for efforts to retain older workers: the ‘woke’ workplace.
