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Race discrimination
In Campbell v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the trust had taken all reasonable steps to prevent an employee making a racially abusive comment to the union branch secretary and that it did not take place in the course of his employment.
Updated to refer to the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
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.
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.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to race discrimination.