Discrimination

Last week, I came across an article on a recent Indian High Court verdict, which ruled that sexual harassment in the workplace doesn't necessarily have to happen in the workplace.

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Would it surprise you if I told you that discriminatory slurs in the UK have virtually doubled in the past five years?

The U.S. has been unable to put together a truly effective workplace anti-discrimination bill at a federal level, so states have been taking it upon themselves to do what the fat cats in Washington DC won't.

It's always troubling when America fails to act like the beacon of reason, freedom, and democracy that she is supposed to represent. Which in this case is exactly what's happening.

It may be against the law to discriminate against employees who have a disability or because of their religious beliefs, but that doesn't stop many UK workers feeling hard done by.

Sexual harassment is yet another example of workplace embarrassments that inexplicably still exists in 2007. It's hard to say whether or not this problem has diminished over the years or if cases simply aren't as hyped in the media as they once may have been.

There's more evidence that the ever-increasing burden of bureaucracy is leading employers in Britain to shun women.

Earlier this week, I followed with great interest a thread on a mailing list where someone posted a job announcement where one of the job requirements was that the candidate be a non-smoker.

Earlier this week, I followed with great interest a thread on a mailing list where someone posted a job announcement where one of the job requirements was that the candidate be a non-smoker.

A recent amendment passed by the US Congress is a clear attempt to prevent Spanish-speakers from using their language in the American workplace.

A quarter of women in the U.S claim to have experienced discrimination at work, with almost one fifth saying they have been harassed by a fellow employee or manager.

Sadly, racial discrimination in the workplace appears to be a worldwide problem, despite all the efforts to curb it. And things are no different in Singapore.

Obese Americans are more likely to get injured at work, take more time off and are twice as likely to cost their organisations in injury claims than their thinner colleagues.

As a raft of recent research has highlighted, your physical appearance may have much more of an effect on the amount you earn than you might think.

Employers in the UK who discriminate against obese job candidates are quite within their rights to do so, lawyers say, as long as there is no medical reason for their weight problem.

Managers may talk a good talk about diversity but the majority are still white males, with a fifth of Americans saying they know someone who has been denied a job, raise or promotion because of their race or gender.

Indulged in a few mince pies in the past week or so? Had one serving of turkey too many? Better watch that waistline, because as a new survey has found, piling on the pounds can seriously damage your career.

The largest sex discrimination claim ever filed in a UK employment tribunal has been dramatically withdrawn.

The U.S may pride itself on being a nation of equals, but it lags behind much of Europe when it comes to gender equality in the workplace, politics and society, a global study has concluded.

Older workers are often unable to keep pace with new technology and are viewed increasingly negatively in many other areas. But according to a U.S. survey, they more than make up for this in other ways.

British leadership organisations are launching a drive to get more people from black and ethnic minority communities into the boardroom.

Almost half of workers across Europe believe their workplaces discriminate against older workers, a new survey has suggested, with Spanish and German employers the worst culprits.

It isn't discrimination that is stopping women getting into the boardroom, a new survey has suggested. They just aren't prepared to make the sacrifices needed to get there.

Young Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Black Caribbean women in Britain face higher unemployment, lower pay and a glass ceiling in the workplace, despite generally doing well at school, a report has suggested.

The vast majority of women believe that their organisations are biased against them and feel intimidated at work simply because of their gender, a new report has found.

Access to finance has long been identified as one of the major barriers preventing more women from developing successful businesses. But how far are the banks to blame for this state of affairs?

Harassment and discrimination against Muslims is rising in America, both within the workplace and in society as a whole, a new poll has suggested.

Contrary to the common perception, it is young people who suffer most from age discrimination at work rather than older workers, new British research has suggested.

While discrimination on almost any grounds will quickly see European employers up in front of an employment tribunal, discrimination against smokers is now officially acknowledged to be the exception.

Despite more than forty years of equal pay legislation, a significant proportion of women in the U.S. still believe that they are being short-changed in both pay and career advancement opportunities.

Out of an estimated 900,000 people working in London's Square Mile, some 55,000 are gay or lesbian and this number is growing as the stigma over homosexuality in the City wanes.

Lesbian and gay workers in Britain now have much more protection under the law, but many still face homophobia and discrimination in the workplace, trade unions have warned

With seven out of 10 British employers saying they are now actively seeking to recruit older workers, could the era of being thrown on the career scrapheap at 50 is finally passing?

A complaint brought by a French anti-racism group against cosmetics company L'Oréal and employment agency Adecco that they recruited women for a 2001 publicity campaign according to their race has been thrown out by the French courts.

Minority employees receive less executive coaching at many U.S. companies. That's according to a new survey of more than 3,000 senior HR executives by Boston-based consultants Novations Group.

Further evidence has arrived – if any is needed – of the damage that organisations can inflict on themselves by failing to root out the bad apples from their senior management teams.

Mothers face greater discrimination in finding a job in Britain than disabled people, Asian women and the elderly, a new report has claimed. But is the raft of legislation designed to help women actually adding to their difficulties?

Women across the globe still regularly encounter the glass ceiling despite the significant gains of the past decade, a new study has argued.

The British government's Women and Work commission has warned that the barriers to women working in occupations traditionally done by men could be losing the economy between £15 billion £23 billion a year.

Discrimination charges against private employers in the United States declined in 2005 for the third consecutive year, according to figures from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

They are best known for getting a foot in the door, and keeping it there, but when it comes to age discrimination, sales representatives are the most likely workers to lose out the older they get, a new survey has suggested.

British employers are continuing to pay lip service to the notion of equal pay, with just a third of big organisations completing an equal pay review in the past four years, according to a new study.

Why are investment banks so vulnerable to writs from women who claim the have been unfairly treated? According to Matthew Lynn writing in The Business, it is largely because "a brutalised, discriminatory working culture is part of what makes investment banking so profitable."

We're well-used to hearing about employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race or religion. But discrimination on the basis of Astrological profile is not something that many of us will be familiar with.

People with a criminal record are the most likely to struggle when it comes to finding employment in Britain, employers have suggested.

French President Jacques Chirac has backed the idea of anonymous job applications to beat entrenched racial discrimination against ethnic minorities.

Almost one in six U.S. employees claim they were discriminated against at work in the last year, with middle-aged women and those from ethnic minorities far more likely to be victims of bias.

The vast majority of companies would rather flout the law than employ a pregnant woman or one of childbearing age, a study of recruitment agencies has suggested.

While the vast majority of British employers now have a formal policy in place on employing disabled people, the number of people with disabilities who are in employment has hardly changed over the past five years

While nearly a quarter of the U.S. workforce knows of an older worker who has been disadvantaged of their age, more than twice as many businesses encourage older workers to stay on the job than to retire early.

Female trainee solicitors are being blackmailed into accepting sexual advances from senior male lawyers in return for being offered jobs, a damning report into employment practices within British law firms has concluded.

Obese people are discriminated against when applying for jobs, get passed over for promotion and are more likely to be made redundant.

The advertising industry is worth £18.3 billion a year in Britain, but there are precisely two female creative directors. What's more, on the creative side at least, women barely exist at all.

The battle to break through the glass ceiling into the boardroom leaves many women negative, worn down and disillusioned that they are not being used to their full potential.

Senior executives' perceptions of men and women are more informed by gender-based stereotypes than facts, leading to misrepresentation of the true talents of women and contributing to the startling gender gap in business leadership.

A macho environment of bullying and harassment is stopping women progress within the British workplace, according to a study by equal opportunities group Opportunity Now.

A year from now British businesses will be grappling with the arrival on the employment landscape of wide-ranging new age discrimination laws, and the vast majority are woefully ill-prepared.

Women increasingly see the sales route as one of the best ways into top management, with two-thirds believing it gives them the same chance of progressing to a senior position as male colleagues.

Women in Britain are climbing the corporate ladder more quickly than men, but are still paid less than their male colleagues despite enjoying faster pay growth, new figures have revealed.