The Labour government has said that it will remove the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims, and there is a new code of practice for dismissing and re-engaging employees.

Direct discrimination includes perceived discrimination and associative discrimination. Perceived discrimination is where someone is treated unfairly because it is assumed that they have a disability, ...

Five years ago this week, the World Health Organization declared that a rise in coronavirus or Covid-19 cases could officially be termed a pandemic. At the time, there were 118,000 cases in 114 ...

The eventual ruling in the case, Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, could determine whether so-called reverse discrimination claims should be evaluated under the same standards as those ...

WASHINGTON − A workplace "reverse discrimination" case being argued at the Supreme Court Wednesday at first glance seems tailor made for the raging battle over diversity, equity and inclusion ...

Both workers were gay and Ames, a heterosexual, tried to sue for discrimination. "I was straight and pushed aside," Ames told Reuters. But a federal judge dismissed her suit because Ames hadn’t ...

In the end, justices appeared to come to rare consensus -- to find what Justice Neil Gorsuch called "radical agreement" -- in the case of a straight white woman alleging "reverse discrimination ...

This is a positive thing! But sometimes, these differences can lead to discrimination. Discrimination is when someone is treated differently or unfairly for being who they are, or for a particular ...

US Supreme Court hears heterosexual woman's case as 'reverse' discrimination cases mount ...

By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday over an employment discrimination suit filed by a straight woman who twice lost positions to gay workers.

Iowa Republicans are seeking to remove gender identity as a protected class in the state's civil rights act, ending 18 years of protection from discrimination for transgender Iowans. House ...

The dispute centers on how plaintiffs like Ames must try to prove a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, national origin ...