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.
Employers should ensure they monitor pay, progression and training take-up by age, according to a report.
The UK privacy watchdog is to probe whether employers using artificial intelligence in recruitment could be discriminating against ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.
Citi has successfully challenged part of age discrimination claim brought by a former banker.
A Subway franchise employee has been awarded more than £12,000 at an employment tribunal for harassment and unfair dismissal.
Maya Forstater has won her claim of direct discrimination and victimisation for her belief that sex is immutable at the employment tribunal.
Tribunal rules that an LGBT rights activist should be removed from Kristie Higgs' appeal panel because of the possibility of bias.
A fashion designer considered unlikely to leave her role by Superdry management has been awarded £96,200 after successfully claiming she...
A rail signaller whose colleagues watched pornography at work and had conversations about rape was a victim of sex discrimination,...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that a Christian doctor's beliefs about transgenderism were protected under the Equality Act 2010.
A Christian who lost his factory job for refusing to remove his crucifix necklace has been awarded more than £22,000.
An employment tribunal ruling confirms that, in the case of one worker, long Covid amounted to a disability.
New research reveals that only 1% of tradespeople are women in the UK.
Google is to pay $118 million (£97.7m) to settle an equal pay lawsuit covering thousands of female employees in the US.
New research suggests that some companies' diversity statements may be off-putting for the very candidates they are intended to attract.
An NHS leadership review has found an 'institutional inadequacy' in the way leaders are trained, developed and valued.
