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 HMRC worker who was sent a birthday card during sick leave has been awarded £25k for harassment by the employment tribunal.
Sullivan Review shows how biological sex has been erased from official data and that the meaning of sex is ‘no longer stable’.
Google is to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle racial bias claims against the business, according to lawyers involved in the case.
Tri-service team to handle bullying, discrimination and harassment complaints, 'independent' of army, air force and navy chain of command.
A Met Police sergeant who brought 271 individual allegations to an employment tribunal has had all claims dismissed.
Engineer wins unfair dismissal and age discrimination claim in a case where employment tribunal found colleagues had trespassed his home.
More than one in 10 organisations (13%) have been involved in employment tribunals relating to neurodiversity, worrying new research has...
The Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority have written to Treasury Committee MPs to state they will retain existing framework rather than apply new DEI measures.
Almost eight in 10 disabled employees feel burnt out, almost double the rate of their non-disabled colleagues.
An estate agent who felt demoted after he transferred to another branch where his desk would be in the middle...
Female chief executives face double standards over how their performance is judged to a far greater extent than men, according to new research.
Solicitors Regulation Authority orders BNP Paribas lawyer to pay £31,000 after using nicknames such as ‘Pol Pot’ and ‘Jabba the Hutt’.
Dan James Smith of the LGB Alliance Business Forum warns that allowing trans ideology in workplace diversity policy has its risks.
Most frequently asked questions during February include queries about Ramadan and dismissals on the grounds of ill health.
Research found that a quarter (26%) of working women were not promoted in pay, benefits or position in 2024, compared with just a fifth (20%) of men.
