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'Disturbing attitude' | 'Creep' sacked after sexist comments at staff party
A police inspector's behaviour at a boozy staff party risked destroying the force's efforts to become...
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‘F***ing cement ceiling’ | Employee blasts firm with ageism claims in scathing farewell email
An ex-radio station employee sent out an angry farewell email to existing workers claiming the company...
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'It's crazy' | WHSmith probes claims that worker was denied leave request for Eid
WHSmith is investigating reports that a Muslim employee was refused annual leave...
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Cronyism | Two-thirds of Gen Z are 'nepo workers', but feel guilty about it
A new report suggests the UK is rife with nepotism, with 42% of workers having gained jobs after being...
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Gender pension gap | 4 in 10 women concerned about their retirement savings
More than four in ten women in their 50s think the cost-of-living crisis will force them to work for...
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Pay disparity | Young LGBT+ staff earning less than straight peers
The average young LGBT+ worker earns significantly less than a straight peer, new data suggests...
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'Slapstick' | Employee's laughter at colleague who fell over was not harassment, says judge
A pub worker tried to sue their former employer after a colleague laughed at them when they fell over...
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'Technically true' | Worker bags job by adding fake firm to CV to cover employment gap
A worker says they added a fake business to her CV to cover an employment gap and increase the chances...
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Tesla | Elon Musk's car firm to pay ex-worker £2.6m over racial abuse at work
Tesla has been ordered to pay more the equivalent of £2.6million to an ex-employee who was subjected...
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Neurodiversity | Plan hatched to smash employment barriers faced by autistic people
A new review has been launched to boost the employment prospects of autistic people...
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'Real danger' | Damning claims of sexual misconduct levelled at senior CBI staff
UK's leading business lobby rocked by more damning allegations
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Greggs, Co-op & more | Major firms join mission to get thousands of prisoners into work
Bosses from some of the UK's most well known firms have joined an initiative to help prepare prisoners...
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'Toxic leader' | Met Police's HR chief under fire amid fallout from scathing force review
The Metropolitan Police's HR chief has come under fire as the fallout from the controversial Casey...
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'Dystopian' | Workplace surveillance more likely to target young, female & black staff
Worker surveillance is as old as work itself, but new technology is making it easier and cheaper than...
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'Inherently discriminatory' | Woman denied pay rise because husband earned 'more than enough'
A female manager's pay rise request was rejected because bosses felt her husband's salary was “more...
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Holy Month | How to be a good ally during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
Islam is the second largest religion in the world, comprising 24% of the Earth's population, so undoubtedly...
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'Late for everything' | Neurodiverse worker's poor timekeeping led to unfair sacking, judge rules
Neurodiversity the subject of another employment tribunal...
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Grad crisis? | Cost-of-living puts elite uni students on brink of dropping out
Students' union warns of economic pressures leaving UK's best universities a place only for the...
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'Change the narrative' | The importance of Neurodiversity Celebration Week at work
Why the people function should take notice of the global campaign...
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'Matter of urgency' | Renewed calls for introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting
Campaigners ask political leaders: 'What are you waiting for?'
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