Sex discrimination

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.

The lack of a designated female toilet led to a £15,000 award for a security guard in Scotland.

A female MoD employee told Prospect that she had experienced her first sexual assault a year after joining the MoD at a social work event.

HR director applicant loses claim for sex and race discrimination but does does not have to pay the employer’s legal costs.

A former Lidl employee has been awarded more than £22,000 in compensation for sex discrimination and victimisation.

Perceptions of equal pay vary between women at work depending on their position – with certain groups being more likely to take legal action.

Young women are more likely to experience discrimination and money worries, according to the Young Women's Trust.

Lack of access to clean and replenished toilet facilities is common, particularly in sectors such as transport, Unite finds in a survey on toilet provision.