A gender-fluid engineer who was branded ‘IT’ by bullying workmates at Jaguar Land Rover has been awarded £180,000 after winning a landmark discrimination case. Rose Taylor, 43, was teased and harassed by colleagues at the car manufacturer after she began identifying as gender fluid/non-binary in 2017. An employment tribunal heard how she suffered insults and … Read more
A schoolgirl was left in tears after teachers told to remove her white braided hair extensions or face being sent to isolation. Lily Rann had chosen the style while on a holiday to Cyprus because of her Jamaican heritage. Her great-grandfather is thought to have been the first black miner in her hometown of Midsomer Norton, … Read more
The police watchdog is to launch an inquiry into racial discrimination in the use of stop and search by forces across England and Wales. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will look into how stop and search powers are used by police to examine whether there are any patterns of prejudice against ethnic minorities. … Read more
Boss of two married co-workers who fired the wife over unproven ‘IT breach’ after the couple split committed UK’s first-known case of marital discrimination, tribunal rules Graham Ellis fired Kirsty Bacon in 2017 for an alleged IT breach which wasn’t proved Jonathan Bacon ‘pulled his strings’ and had a £31,560 dividend withheld Mr Ellis’s firm … Read more
Millions of carers juggling a job with looking after sick relatives would be given greater legal protection and more money to help them get by under plans proposed by Liberal Democrat Ed Davey. The party’s acting leader today sets out a five-point-plan for the nation’s carers as part of his ambition to take the job … Read more
British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet SUE the government over ‘irrational and disproportionate’ 14-day quarantine rules Ministers have been hit with an unprecedented joint legal action by UK airlines British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair have joined forces to argue that the measure is illegal on the grounds that it is discriminatory and irrational Airlines argue … Read more
Woman, 24, with Down’s Syndrome launches legal bid to end abortion ‘discrimination’ which allows termination up until birth if ‘severe foetal abnormality’ is detected Heidi Crowter, 24, is trying to change the country’s ‘discriminatory’ abortion law Said way unborn babies with Down’s are treated in law ‘makes me feel upset’ Mother-of-two Máire Lea-Wilson, 30, is … Read more
Dame Joan Collins, 86, criticises the UK government for being ‘ageist’ and hits out at their ‘utter discrimination’ of over-70s during the coronavirus crisis In her column for The Spectator, the actress hit out at government advice saying elderly people needed to stay indoors during the global pandemic Joan claimed it was ‘utter discrimination’ against those … Read more
U.S soccer president resigns after saying in gender discrimination filing that women players have less physical ability and responsibility than men Carlos Cordeiro resigned on Thursday night, three days after the organization filed papers in a gender discrimination lawsuit The papers said that women players had less physical ability and responsibility than the men Cordeiro … Read more
Department for Work and Pensions lost more disability discrimination cases than any other UK employer with nearly £1m paid out over three years DWP defended itself on 134 bias claims by disabled employees in three years One employee was sacked as DWP claimed she had taken too much sick leave Department settled 45 claims out of court between … Read more