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.
Diversity and inclusion policies must be part of business strategy and deeply embedded if they are to be effective, finds Josh Bersin study.
An actress who was stripped of a role following the discovery of anti-gay comments on Facebook has lost a tribunal...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking new astronauts for the first time in a decade and D&I is among its major goals.
Labour MP Stella Creasy said she would be prepared to sue the government over plans to grant maternity protections to cabinet ministers but not backbench MPs.
More than four in 10 LGB+ workers have experienced a work-based conflict in the last year, rising to 55% for trans workers.
Calls are growing for the government to confirm whether employers will need to report their 2020/21 gender pay gap figures.
Leaders might feel as though they’re making progress on gender equality. But there are still innate biases and social dynamics...
It may not seem a burning issue right now, but there good reasons for firms to meet the needs of LGBT+ employees who need to travel or be resident abroad.
Lawyers describe the suggestion by The Times that employment judges are inexperienced as ‘idiotic’ and ‘insulting’.
Former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori has apologised for denigrating women with sexist remarks.
Many proposed employment law changes that the government has put forward in the last few years have stalled, mainly as...
There are now no black chairs, chief executives or chief financial officers in FTSE 100 companies, research by recruiting specialists...
The US Department of Labor has reached a settlement with Google to resolve allegations of systemic gender and race discrimination.
Law firm Slater and Gordon says some redundancy selection processes are unfair and employers are unlawfully making decisions based on protected characteristics.
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