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.
It can be discriminatory to require an employee to retire when they reach a certain age, unless a retirement policy...
Hybrid working implemented correctly should not discriminate against women, argue critics of Catherine Mann comments.
‘As if the severity and quantity of the incidents weren’t serious enough, what has caused the greatest reputational damage has been the club’s poor handling of complaints’
A Tesco worker who won a sex discrimination case after being trapped in a room by his female boss has...
A new study of law firms has revealed a degree of progress in diversity and a more complex pattern of identity .
Hutton’s resignation comes after an investigation found Rafiq was a victim of ‘racial harassment and bullying‘.
Fifteen years after the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 came into force, Sarah Evans examines why the law, since suberseded...
A Mayfair private members’ club discriminated against black employees when it accommodated a patron’s request for a ‘fair-skinned dealer’, an...
The first leadership-led, cross-firm collective aimed at improving the representation of black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups has been launched in the UK's legal industry.
A Liverpudlian bus driver told to ‘calm down, calm down’ by an HR manager was not discriminated against, a tribunal has found.
A tribunal finds an employee who was treated unfavourably because he often needed to work from home to manage his condition was discriminated against.
TUC and Mother Pukka survey finds 50% of working mothers have experienced their employer rejecting or only accepting part of their flexible working request.
Being told to ‘grow up’ does not amount to age discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled after a teenage apprentice...
A Business in the Community survey exposes high levels of distrust among ethnic minority candidates.
There was a culture of sexism and an “absolute boys’ club” at an armed response unit attached to Police Scotland,...
