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.
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.
Since December 2021, the EHRC's Race Legal Support Fund has been available to lawyers representing victims of racial discrimination.
The App Drivers and Couriers Union has taken legal action against taxi hail app Uber because pensions for drivers are...
Ethnic diversity in top NHS jobs is at its highest than any point in history, but staff from diverse backgrounds continue to be underrepresented on the across all levels.
A former P&O Ferries chef is taking the company to an employment tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment.
An employment barrister suggests that employers that follow the EHRC's single-sex spaces guidance could end up discriminating against transgender people.
A boxer who sustained a head injury during a fight has lost his claim for disability discrimination against Scottish Power.
Christian doctor dismissed for refusing to refer to transgender people by their preferred pronouns is appealing a 2019 judgment at the employment tribunal.
Sainsbury's discriminated against a worker with a brain injury who had been accused of groping female staff and using inappropriate language, an employment tribunal has found.
Police forces have failed to bring in enough black talent and ensure they reach senior positions, the lead for tackling racism within policing has said.
Chief constable Iain Livingstone says other forces can learn from Police Scotland's reforms and increase public trust.
