Discrimination

How to Address Racial Discrimination in the Workplace

Read our guide on racial discrimination at work. Discover what it is, its different forms, and how you can manage it in your company.

What is Objective Justification?

Objective justifications are accepted workplace rules or policies that may otherwise be discrimination. Read on to find out more.

What is Mental Health Discrimination?

Whether it’s intended or not, it is unlawful to discriminate against mental health at work.

How to Identify Disability Discrimination at Work

In this guide, we'll discuss what disability discrimination is, different types of it, and how to deal with it in your business.

What is Discrimination at Work?

In this guide, we'll look at what discrimination is, examples of unfair treatment, and how to eliminate it within your company.

What are the Legal Rights for Breastfeeding at Work?

In this guide, we'll discuss breastfeeding at work, what the discrimination law says, and how you can support a breastfeeding employee.

Rolling back on equality, diversity and inclusion

Across the pond, under the leadership of Donald Trump, big name companies are choosing to roll back on their equality, diversity and inclusion programmes stating they have gone too far. But what does this mean for GB businesses?

One in three Brits don't feel appreciated at work

Staff report lower levels of appreciation than their counterparts in the US and Australia, although senior management feel more valued

Goldman Sachs employee unfairly dismissed after paternity leave

A Goldman Sachs employee (Reeves) has won an employment tribunal for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal after he took contractual six-month paternity leave.

Employee who used offensive language was unfairly dismissed as swearing commonplace

The claimant, in the case of Mr R Ogden v Booker Limited, was dismissed after using offensive language. The Employment Tribunal (ET) then had to consider whether the dismissal was fair or not.

Updated guidance on sexual harassment ahead of new legislation coming into force

The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 will come into force on 26 October 2024, laying down that employers have a positive legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers

Are you doing enough to prevent harassment in your workplace?

According to a recent CIPD report, ‘How employers are tackling bullying and harassment at work’, 25% of employees have experienced conflict or abuse in the last 12 months. Here, we look at what harassment is, how an employer can be liable, and what steps an employer can take to prevent it occurring in the workplace.

Tattoos in the Workplace Download

If you’re allowing tattoos in your business, it’s advantageous to have a workplace tattoo policy, our experts have created a workplace policy example for you to download have created a

This employment law guide explores the basics of obesity and disability discrimination and offers guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls.