How should HR teams interpret the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, and subsequent update from the Equality and Human Rights Commission?
Jo Faragher

Jo Faragher
Jo Faragher has been an employment and business journalist for 20 years. She regularly contributes to Personnel Today and writes features for a number of national business and membership magazines. Jo is also the author of 'Good Work, Great Technology', published in 2022 by Clink Street Publishing, charting the relationship between effective workplace technology and productive and happy employees. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.
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The BBC will take ‘immediate action’ to improve its workplace culture after publishing an independent review.
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Public sector workers including teachers and nurses could be in line for a pay rise of up to 4% in the next financial year.
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Both vacancies and salaries in the UK hit annual highs in March, according to the latest figures from Adzuna.
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The government will table an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that means firearms officers who go to trial are granted anonymity.
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Police chiefs will be able to automatically dismiss officers who fail background screening under new government measures.
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Recruiter who returned to empty office after maternity leave wins £25k
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA former recruiter has won £25,000 in compensation at an employment tribunal after she returned to an empty office following...
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British Steel has announced it will not continue with a redundancy process risking 2,700 workers' jobs at its Scunthorpe plant.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex.
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Spending on high-level apprenticeships - equivalent to a Master’s degree - has more than doubled in the past five years.
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Uber drivers are subject to ‘false autonomy’ over their work, according to academics.
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Teachers in England could launch strike action if the government does not offer a higher pay rise for the next...
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More than a quarter of UK employers are struggling to recruit for sustainability-related roles, according to hiring platform Indeed.
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Job vacancies have fallen to their lowest level in almost four years, reflecting lessening demand for workers as employment costs rise.