Sex discrimination

The Christian Horner case shows how important it is for fair investigations to be conducted in the media glare.

A male museum worker who brought a claim against his employer for sex discrimination has lost his case.

Senior manager loses claim for discrimination against his non-feminist belief, after tribunal rules he was the ‘author of his own downfall’.

The best way of improving diversity within companies is by improving culture, not by imposing quotas, writes Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab, commenting on problems at Goldman Sachs.

Employment tribunal finds that it is not sex discrimination for the London Underground to require a female employee to work Saturdays.

GMB union staff have voted to strike over claims the organisation has failed to act on allegations of a culture of sexism and misogyny.

BMA calls for resignation of Frank Hester, chief executive of healthcare tech supplier TPP, over alleged racist comments reported this week.

A report from international development organisation the World Bank that exposes a ‘massive’ gender gap across the global workforce.

The return to the office is likely to stall moves to boost female participation at the highest levels of companies.

The UK’s high gender pay gap has seen it fall four places on a key index that gauges equality in earnings at work.

The British Transport Police has scrapped its job-related fitness test for existing officers because of indirect sex discrimination concerns.

Menopause guidance for employers from the EHRC has stressed the need for reasonable adjustments if symptoms amount to a disability. 

Female chief executives are the victims of ‘tall poppy syndrome’, a leadership consultant has claimed.

Most women who spoke to the Treasury Committee confirmed there had been little progress since the MPs’ last report on sexism in the City in 2018.

A former West Midlands Police firearms officer who won a sexual discrimination and harassment claim has had her tribunal award increased.