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    • Age discrimination
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    Breaking wind at younger colleague was ‘age discrimination’

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Aug 2024

    A judge has ruled that breaking wind on a younger colleague at work amounts to age discrimination in a case...

    • Associative discrimination
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    Charity urges government to make caring protected characteristic

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 7 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 7 Aug 2024

    Carers UK calls for caring to be made a protected characteristic after finding that many unpaid carers have experienced discrimination.

    • Gender
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    • Flexible working

    Women who work remotely struggle with boundaries

    by Jo Faragher 7 Aug 2024
    by Jo Faragher 7 Aug 2024

    Women struggle to separate their work and home lives when working remotely, researchers have confirmed.

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    • Sickness absence

    Manager on sick leave for four years not unfairly dismissed

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 6 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 6 Aug 2024

    A woman who was sacked after being off sick for more than four years has lost her unfair dismissal case against Maximus UK Services.

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    British Army settles racism and sexism claim with black poster-girl soldier

    by Rob Moss 2 Aug 2024
    by Rob Moss 2 Aug 2024

    Employment tribunal: British army corporal faced years of racist and sexist abuse without support from her bosses.

    • Bullying and harassment
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    • Workplace culture

    More than half believe shouting at work is not bullying

    by Rob Moss 1 Aug 2024
    by Rob Moss 1 Aug 2024

    Research by law firm Wright Hassall finds that 57% of UK employees believe that shouting in the workplace does not constitute bullying.

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    Jet2 flight attendant who quit job in haircut row loses tribunal case

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 1 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 1 Aug 2024

    A Jet2 flight attendant who quit work in a row about her “extreme” haircut has lost her bid for £22,000 in compensation.

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Bank accused of ‘faking’ interviews for diversity hires

    by Jo Faragher 31 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 31 Jul 2024

    US bank Wells Fargo is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by conducting ‘sham interviews’ for non-white and female...

    • Disability discrimination
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    • Indirect discrimination

    Royal Mint HR director wins disability discrimination claim

    by Jo Faragher 29 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 29 Jul 2024

    A former HR director at the Royal Mint has won a disability discrimination claim against the coin maker.

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    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination
    • Redundancy

    HR worker wins £20k for pregnancy discrimination

    by Jo Faragher 26 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 26 Jul 2024

    An HR administrator has been awarded £19,600 in compensation for pregnancy discrimination.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Leadership

    Rachel Reeves: this is how you fix the UK’s gender pay gap

    by Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab 26 Jul 2024
    by Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab 26 Jul 2024

    Rachel Reeves take heed: the UK’s gender pay gap has spiralled out of control – only a cultural reset can fix it

    • Belief discrimination
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    • Discrimination

    Gender-critical barrister loses appeal against Stonewall

    by Jo Faragher 24 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 24 Jul 2024

    The barrister Aillson Bailey has lost her appeal against Stonewall after she claimed the charity tried to silence her for her gender-critical views.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Associative discrimination
    • Coronavirus

    BA takes on government over associative discrimination in ‘fire and rehire’ case

    by Rob Moss 24 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 24 Jul 2024

    British Airway takes on government and equalities watchdog at EAT over associative discrimination case relating to ‘fire and rehire’ during the pandemic.

    • Gender
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    • Workplace culture

    Softcat and Hilton named some of UK’s Best Workplaces for Women

    by Zoe Wickens 23 Jul 2024
    by Zoe Wickens 23 Jul 2024

    IT service management business Softcat and Hilton hotel chain named some of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women 2024.

    • Case law
    • Belief discrimination
    • Local authorities

    Gender-critical worker loses preferred pronouns case

    by Rob Moss 19 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 19 Jul 2024

    Gender-critical worker who chose to use the 'preferred pronouns' 'XYChromosomeGuy/ AdultHumanMale' loses claim for belief discrimination.

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