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.
Recruitment agencies providing candidates for law firms are being encouraged to sign up on a new diversity and inclusion pledge.
The requirement to make reasonable adjustments for those with disability is a well-recognised one in HR. But the pandemic has...
The leader of a government inquiry into ethnic disparities has said that ‘BAME’ is becoming an “increasingly irrelevant” term.
Dr...
A solicitor who ran through the offices of his employer with a pretend Ku Klux Klan hood has been found guilty of sexual harassment and racist behaviour.
What stereotypes need to be broken down before working mothers can achieve a level playing field?
An Oxford University professor who was forced to leave his job under a retirement age policy is to have his...
A recent tribunal judgment found that non-binary individuals can fall under the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. Employers should review...
For white HR professionals to become true anti-racist allies, they need to get better at sitting with discomfort when examining...
A Christian school assistant who took her former employer to tribunal over claims she was sacked because of her religious...
Just because a high proportion of employees are away from the office does not mean conflict has disappeared.
Ten years ago, the Equality Act 2010 consolidated discrimination laws into a single piece of legislation. We highlight 10 key...
A black barrister was yesterday (23 September) stopped and mistaken for a defendant several times in one day at her court workplace.
The worker was repeatedly called ‘honey’ by her manager, had her hours reduced and was denied the ability to take paid holiday.
Stoicism – an ancient philosophy – is a protected characteristic, rules tribunal.
There's a complex series of links between performance, wellbeing, racism and ethnicity that needs to be understood if businesses' diversity agenda is to move forward with success.
