A hospital consultant has won nearly £4.5 million for sex and race discrimination and unfair dismissal after being hounded out of her job when she returned from maternity leave.
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Government departments will be in breach of equality laws if they do not consider whether cuts in the public sector fall disproportionately on women, according to the minister for equalities.…
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The Government has today announced new areas that it will consider reforming as part of its review of employment red tape – including collective redundancy consultation periods, the Transfer Undertakings Protection of Employment Regulations (TUPE) and compensation for discrimination awarded by employment tribunals.…
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Asian countries need to tap into their female talent to support a sustainable recovery to the economic crisis and aid the global recovery, according to a new report prepared jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).…
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Good-looking women who put a photograph on their CVs when applying for jobs are less likely to get a response than less attractive women if the person recruiting them is also a woman, according to new research.…
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