Equality, diversity and human rights
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that an RAF sergeant can proceed with her claim for maternity discrimination after an important fitness test was cancelled because she was pregnant.
A care worker has won her claims for direct race discrimination and harassment after colleagues excluded her by speaking a foreign language during a meeting.
The number of disability discrimination cases received by Acas for early conciliation from employment tribunals increased by 40.7% in 2024-25.
A worker was subject to disability discrimination after his manager repeatedly sighed and made 'exaggerated exhales', an employment tribunal has found.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has extended its planned consultation on an updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations - following the Supreme Court's biological sex judgment - from two to six weeks.
An interim update by the equality watchdog on the practical implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of sex in the Equality Act has been described as 'ill-considered and impractical', with some MPs calling for it to be withdrawn.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex.
Female representation on FTSE 100 boards has increased to 43.4% - equating to 1,275 roles - as British businesses drive gender equality.
Kristie Higgs, the Christian school assistant who was dismissed after sharing Facebook posts that her employer deemed transphobic and homophobic, has won her case at the Court of Appeal.
Asda workers fighting for equal pay have advanced to the final stage in their legal battle, as the employment tribunal ruled some of their jobs are of equal value to the jobs of their colleagues in Asda's distribution centres.??
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