The proposed Equality (Race and Disability) Bill will include provisions to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for employers with 250 or more employees.
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.