Tag: Discrimination

Afro hair should be made a protected characteristic under the Equality Act, according to a campaign backed by ex-Spice Girl Mel B.

A man sacked by Acas after being accused of racism for opposing critical race theory has learned that his employment tribunal included a political associate of the activist colleague who accused him.

In a dark day for British business, an 'equal pay' claim brought by 3,500 shop assistants at Next has succeeded after an employment tribunal decided their work was "of equal value" to that of (male) warehouse workers.

How did Thames Valley Police, an organisation committed to 'anti-racism', end up being found guilty in the Employment Tribunal of anti-white racial discrimination? HR expert C.J. Strachan thinks he knows the answer.

Bosses at Heathrow Airport have told an upset Jewish passenger that staff are allowed to wear Palestinian flag badges to show they can speak Arabic, even though policy prohibits wearing political or religious items.

Israeli passengers have voiced outrage over harassment and "degrading treatment" by customs officials wearing pro-Palestine badges at Heathrow Airport.

Google's swift sacking of 50 employees protesting over Gaza is the beginning of the end of the employee activist, says C.J. Strachan. Across the West companies are realising a politicised workplace is a dysfunctional one.

Forget hate speech laws, says Dr David McGrogan. Speech in the workplace is already micromanaged in intolerable ways by employment law – and it's getting worse.

A prayer ban imposed at Katharine Birbalsingh’s school that was challenged by a Muslim pupil is lawful, a High Court judge has ruled.

A Christian man had his social worker job withdrawn because it was feared his beliefs would lead to the suicides of LGBT patients, an employment tribunal has heard.