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.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the belief that “biological sex is real, important, immutable and not to...
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NHS England is rolling out a network of pelvic health clinics to improve support for pregnant women and new mothers.
Zero hours contracts are failing to provide more flexibility to workers and are instead trapping people in low pay and insecure work.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has found a woman's views on gender constitute a philosophical belief.
Neurodiversity is an aspect of equality that does not get the attention it deserves – to the detriment of businesses, argues Dr Louise Karwowski.
Businesses that actively confront racism with practical measures usually see an improvement in employee job satisfaction, loyalty, creativity and value.
Tribunal finds a manager treated an employee with a disability unfavourably, despite knowing about her mental health conditions.
Google’s head of diversity has been removed from his post after an antisemitic blog post by him from 2007 re-emerged this week.
Tesco vows to continue contesting equal pay claims despite European Court ruling.
Met wants to favour ethnic minorities over white candidates if equally qualified.
Labour wants stronger protections for pregnant employees and new mothers, as well as the reinstatement of gender pay gap reporting enforcement.
The number of age discrimination complaints to employment tribunals increased by 74% in the past year, new research has suggested.
The ‘diversity champions’ scheme run by LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall has been accused of providing unlawful advice on transgender rights.
