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Race discrimination
A consultation has been launched in Northern Ireland on gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.
Updated to include a reference to the protection from harassment measures in the Employment Rights Bill, published on 10 October 2024.
In James and another v London and Quadrant Housing Trust, an employment tribunal upheld the race discrimination claims of two housing managers after finding that they had not been selected for two senior roles because of the trust's unconscious bias.
The third in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure explores how to address the specific challenges around ethnicity disclosure, which will enable HR leaders to significantly enhance the effectiveness of their ethnicity data collection efforts.
The second in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure supports HR leaders to establish and strengthen ethnicity disclosure practices within their organisation by exploring the common challenges to collecting ethnicity data.
The first in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure supports HR leaders to establish and strengthen ethnicity disclosure practices within their organisation. In this guide, we explore why understanding racial diversity, inclusion and lived experience within an organisation is essential to making progress with DEI.
During the state opening of Parliament, the Government trailed its Employment Rights Bill, which will make wide-ranging and radical changes to employment law in the coming years. In advance of the publication of the full text of the Employment Rights Bill, what do HR professionals need to know about what is in store for them?
The new government confirmed that it would bring forward an Employment Rights Bill in the King's Speech today (17 July) - legislation that will "ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights".
In Taneja v Phoenix Whirlpools Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the employer had subjected a sales manager to harassment related to his race when the new sales director got his name wrong on four occasions during a "toxic" car journey.
Updated to include a reference to Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, in which the EAT considered if a belief in English nationalism amounted to a protected philosophical belief.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to race discrimination.