Equality, diversity and human rights

New and updated

• Ethnicity pay gap reporting: Next steps for employers

  Date:

  6 November 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  The Government is consulting on taking forward its proposals to require large employers to publish ethnicity pay data. We investigate what shape the legislation might take; the challenges that an ethnicity pay gap reporting obligation would pose; what reporting employers are already carrying out; and the potential implementation timetable.

• Were Waitrose Food editor's 'killing vegans' remarks a sackable offence?

  Date:

  1 November 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  The editor of Waitrose's Food magazine resigned this week after comments he made about "killing vegans" and "force-feeding them meat" drew criticism. Beverley Sunderland of Crossland Employment Solicitors explains why expressing such views in a work environment should be seen as a sackable offence.

• Google workers stage global walkout

  Date:

  1 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  Staff and freelancers at Google offices across the world are walking out in protest of the tech giant's treatment of women. The walkouts are taking place at 11:10am local time, with the first one in Tokyo.

• Ryanair racism row: Are employers liable if they fail to prevent harassment?

  Date:

  1 November 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  A recent incident on a Ryanair flight where a man was filmed having a racist rant at another passenger attracted huge publicity and calls for the airline to have done more. But where does an employer stand legally if an employee fails to intervene? Dan Peyton looks at the legislation.

• "Fat ginger pikey" jibe in stressful sales environment was not harassment

  Date:

  30 October 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Evans v Xactly Corporation Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld an employment tribunal's ruling that calling a salesperson a "fat ginger pikey" in a working environment with a culture of "jibing and teasing"; was not harassment under the Equality Act 2010.

• Lloyds ordered to pay up to £150 million to female pension scheme members

  Date:

  30 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  The High Court has ruled that Lloyds Banking Group must pay up to £150 million to female members of its pension scheme after a landmark court ruling.

• Gender pay gap report

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the latest pay data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2018.

• All military roles now open to women

  Date:

  26 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  Women will be able to apply for any role in the military, including the SAS, the defence secretary Gavin Williamson has announced.

• Ethnicity pay gap reporting: What employers need to know

  Date:

  26 October 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  Earlier this month the government published a consultation into whether organisations should be required to report on the pay differentials between people from different ethnic backgrounds. Kate Hodgkiss from DLA Piper considers how the proposals might impact employers if they become reality.

• Google dismisses 48 staff over sexual harassment

  Date:

  26 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  Google has dismissed 48 people - including 13 senior managers - over claims of sexual harassment in the past two years.