A female underwriter has won her case for sex discrimination after her boss made lewd comments about her breasts.
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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FTSE 100 chief executives’ pay rose by 39% to a median of £3.4 million in 2021, according to research by...
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HMRC employee without driving licence wins disability discrimination claim
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherAn HMRC worker has won his claim for disability discrimination and indirect discrimination after he was rejected for a role because he did not have a driving licence.Â
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Workers face an even higher drop in real-terms wages as inflation hit 10.1% in July, according to the latest consumer...
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The cost of living crisis has driven one in three workers to consider moving employers, according to a survey by job site Reed.co.uk.
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Big four consulting firm PwC has announced it will no longer require a 2:1 degree class or higher from its graduate recruits.
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Graduate salaries have increased at a record rate this year, according to the Institute of Student Employers.
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The hiring boom that has hit the UK could soon reach its peak, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook...
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Train operator Network Rail has started its legal consultation with unions over proposed modernisation reforms.
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Attitudes towards refugees in the UK have warmed a little since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but assimilating refugees into the UK workplace presents particular challenges.
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The barrister Allison Bailey has today won her case for discrimination at tribunal after she claimed her employer victimised her...
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More than 100,000 people are missing work because they suffer from long Covid, according to the think tank Institute for...
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Unions have voiced concern that Conservative leadership contender Liz Truss could launch a ‘bonfire of rights’ if she becomes prime...
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The NHS in England is facing its ‘greatest workforce crisis in history’, according to a damning report from MPs.
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Too many businesses fail to capitalise on the potential of ‘rebound’ employees, a survey has found.
Training company Wiley Edge...