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'Making history' | Asda staff take retailer to court in landmark equal pay case
Differing pay grades between supermarket & warehouse staff have led to an historic tribunal...
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Health & wellbeing | Neurodivergent women 'urgently' need workplace support around menstrual health
In this piece, we explore the contents of a new report into the needs of neurodiverse women in the workplace,...
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£80m per year | BBC to invest heavily in diversity projects & raise staff representation
The BBC has announced a huge investment in creative diversity and is pushing to increase representation...
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'Empowering talent' | Equality watchdog reminds employers of their legal duties to disabled staff
This article covers news of updated guidance for employers on the legal responsibilities to support disabled...
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'Genuine interest' | Staff asking black worker about her name, hair & food wasn't racist, tribunal rules
This news article explores a recent employment tribunal into claims of race discrimination, based on...
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‘I heard it on Corrie’ | First Bus worker calling female boss 'bint' was discriminatory, tribunal rules
An unfair dismissal tribunal has ruled that a former First Bus employee discriminated against his manager...
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‘Harassed & degraded’ | Employee with MS sues TikTok alleging disability discrimination & a toxic work environment
TikTok, owned by ByteDance Ltd., has been hit by a lawsuit from a UK-based employee with multiple sclerosis...
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HR failure? | Report reveals 'shockingly high' 52% of LGBT+ employees have been bullied or harassed at work
Research published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found over half of LGBT+ workers have suffered...
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‘Flirty texts’ | BBC presenter Jermaine Jenas sacked after complaints about workplace conduct
Jermaine Jenas, a presenter on BBC programmes The One Show and Match of the Day, has been sacked by the...
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Employee Needs | Managers say staff are becoming more demanding, for good reasons
This article covers new research into the evolving wants & needs of UK employees
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1950s-2000s | Firms benefitting from multigenerational workforce, but gaps found in how employers support workers
This article looks at new research into the expanding age range of employees in Britain, as well as analysis...
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'Hateful beliefs' | 'Serious implications' for HR as Gov plans to treat misogyny as form of extremism
The UK Government will treat extreme misogyny as a form of extremism, Yvette Cooper, the home secretary,...
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Race discrimination | £58k payout for Boots pharmacist who was stereotyped as an 'aggressive black man'
This article explores the results of a recent employment tribunal involving claims of racial discrimination,...
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'Sham interviews' | Wells Fargo faces lawsuit from investors for fake DEI interviews
Wells Fargo, its CEO and two other executives at the firm are facing a class action lawsuit after allegedly...
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'Deeply damaging' | Age UK committed age discrimination against job candidate, tribunal rules
After an admin error saw the candidate rejected, the charity tried to justify why the application had...
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£22k dispute | Jet2 worker who quit over 'extreme hairstyle' row loses compensation bid
A former Jet2 cabin crew member who quit following a row over her 'extreme' hairstyle has lost a...
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'Humiliating & degrading' | Bully boss invited female employee on holiday amid barrage of sexual & abusive texts
A bombardment of text messages and constant berating left a worker feeling suicidal, a tribunal...
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'AdultHumanMale' | Protesting worker added 'deliberately provocative' pronouns to email signature
An employee's rebellious use of fake pronouns in his email signature was 'designed to offend', an employment...
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Guidance changes | It's OK to exclude some trans women from 'women only' jobs, says equality watchdog
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said that UK companies can legally block trans women...
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'Time for change' | Labour unveils 'back to work' plan to 'tackle root causes of worklessness'
The new Work and Pensions Secretary has revealed the Government's plan to get millions of people back...
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