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 worker who was called an ‘old white man’ by a colleague, whose comments eventually led to him being signed...
Tribunal finds NatWest Group unfairly dismissed and discriminated against an employee after she disclosed her bowel cancer diagnosis.
A loosening of restrictions on female employment in Saudi Arabia has seen 28,000 women apply for 30 posts as train drivers.
IBM has been accused of attempting to force out older workers in order to shift the age profile of its workforce.
A report has highlighted inequality and discrimination faced by ethnic minority NHS staff.
A Christian doctor who lost his job after refusing to refer to transgender people by their preferred pronouns is to...
Channel 4 News airs labour practices allegations against Malaysian component manufacturer in Dyson supply chain.
Tesla alleged to have kept black workers in the lowest level roles and paid them less than white colleagues.
A receptionist has won her claim for race discrimination after colleagues asked her whether she’d touched an electrical socket “to make her hair like that”.
A nursery employee who was dismissed at the height of the pandemic was discriminated against because she was pregnant, a tribunal has found.
A plumbing and heating engineer has been awarded almost £25,000 in compensation for age-related discrimination and unfair dismissal.
An investigation has found officers routinely shared violent, misogynist and discriminatory messages.
A woman who won a sex discrimination and equal pay case against BNP Paribas has been awarded more than £2...
The Fawcett Society’s 2022 Sex and Power Index shows that women are outnumbered by men 2:1 in positions of power.
As some employers reveal that they have removed contractual sick pay from unvaccinated staff, Joanne Moseley examines the legal risks...
