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Discrimination | Worker with blonde braids sent home for having 'unnatural' hair
A 16-year-old black fast-food worker was sent home after being accused of having 'unnatural' hair,...
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Morrisons | Worker fired after 'racial remarks' video goes viral
An employee based at a Palmers Green Morrisons store has reportedly been removed from her position after...
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Gender pay gap | More women are losing jobs in lockdown
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has released a new report finding that the coronavirus crisis...
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Discrimination | £16m awarded to worker after being forced to work Sundays
'No work on Sunday, because Sunday I honour God,' Marie Jean Pierre told...
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Culture wars | Google sparks employee debate after retracting Pride drag show support
Google is under the spotlight after distancing itself from a company-sponsored drag event for Pride month...
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Empathy & responsbility | What can HR learn from Gareth Southgate?
Despite losing to Italy at Euro 2020, Southgate embodies many aspects of modern management that HR s...
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'Workplace banter' | Lidl boss told employee he wants to sleep with her and her boyfriend
A Lidl employee has won £50,000 in a sexual harassment tribunal after it was found she was subjected...
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Trump | LGBT+ workplace discrimination could become legal in US
The current administration believes that firing LGBT+ workers is not currently protected under the Civil...
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Discrimination | Should vegans be exempt from tea rounds?
Are you inadvertently subjecting a colleague to discrimination in the workplace...
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‘Botched Tory economics’ | New mandatory reporting threshold - which workers will it affect?
The government's change to reporting thresholds is set to impact thousands of businesses around the...
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Sexism | Do you live in the UK city with the worst gender pay gap?
Each year, HR and senior leaders work in tandem to close the gender pay gap and promote equal...
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Gender pay | PM hopeful shares controversial views on key HR issues
The ex-Brexit secretary once wrote 'corporate gender quotas won't work…'
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Discrimination | Cara Delevingne told to 'get beard' for career gain
The actress claimed that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein told her 'to get a beard' to cover up...
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‘Hidden epidemic' | 7 in 10 LGBT+ employees report being sexually harassed at work
New research from the TUC has found that 68% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people...
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Sex discrimination | Pregnant policewoman stripped of duties wins discrimination case
PC Natalie Town's superiors gave her desk-bound duties despite...
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Royal Mail | Scottish worker accused boss of racism as he 'couldn't understand his accent'
A Scottish Royal Mail employee accused an English colleague of being racist after saying he 'couldn't...
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'Deeply upsetting' | Duo overlooked for promotion win race case against housing association
This article explores an employment tribunal ruling which found two employees were overlooked for promotion...
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Stonewall | THIS firm named UK's top LGBT+ employer
These companies are considered the most LGBT-friendly organisations within the UK...
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Diversity | Domino's, Paddy Power and Ladbrokes among firms struggling with Board diversity
A list of 94 top firms including Metro Bank, Ocado and Paddy Power have been highlighted...
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Gender inequality | Why female leaders are seen as 'conniving'
'Accounts told my employees suggest that senior women are considered cold or 'bitchy'…
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