Archive: Discrimination In The Workplace

High heels at noon for unions

Unions are calling for firms to examine the risks that employees wearing high heels can face.

Delegates at the TUC congress are being urged to back a motion requiring some employers to carry out risk assessments on their workers' footwear.

Leadership race offers unions an opening

Analysis: Labour and the unions

City women get 80 per cent less in bonuses

Women working full time earn 47 per cent less than men in the City.

Women earn 80 per cent less than men in bonuses in some of the City's top companies an official inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found.

Wildcat strikes set to end

A deal has been struck to end the unauthorised strike action taking place across the country.

Workermen down tools over foreign workers

Workers have walked out of an oil refinery today over a dispute about foreign workers.

Govt warns Britons 'unprepared' for retirement

Britons 'unprepared' financially and mentally for retirement

A quarter of people in Britain are entering retirement feeling sad, anxious or lost, a government-commissioned poll suggests.

Cameron calls for flexible parental leave

The Conservatives have called for more flexible parental leave, arguing parents should be able to share time-off.

Government urged to act over gender pay gap

The government has been urged to encourage well-paid part-time work in an effort to cut the gender pay gap and help alleviate child poverty.

PM pushes for businesswoman support

Gordon Brown wants to help women up the career ladder

Aspiring young women looking to get into business will receive mentoring from their senior female role models.

Equal pay commitment attacked

Too few employers committed to equal pay, public services union Unison claims

Public services union Unison says too many public sector employers view the Equal Pay Act as a "take-it-or-leave-it bit of legislation".

Party membership grounds for union ban

Unions are set to win the right to expel members from unpopular political parties, it has emerged.

Children 'proud' of working parents

Parents reassured about returning to work

Children do not feel neglected when their parents go to work and some even feel proud, new research claims.

Blair promotes new workplace flexibility

British workplaces need to promote flexibility for the benefit of employers and employees, the prime minister has argued.

Cameron bids for grey vote

David Cameron calls for change in attitudes to older workers

David Cameron has called for a "profound cultural change" in the way society treats older people, warning Britain must adapt to its ageing population.

Joblessness figures reach six-year high

Unemployment reaches 1.7m as employment tops 29 million

Unemployment has reached a six-year high, with 5.5 per cent of the population now classed as officially out of work.

Ageism laws 'go unnoticed'

Laws to prevent ageism at work come into force on October 1st

Millions of working Britons are unaware of new laws which come into force next week to tackle ageism, new research has found.

TUC backs trade union freedom bill

TUC delegates in Brighton vote to back trade union freedom bill

The trade unions have today given their support to a new bill that would restore to them all the rights to strike and organise that Margaret Thatcher took away.

Kelly: We will remove barriers for working mums

Ruth Kelly has promised to help mothers balance work and family life

The government has today unveiled new measures to help mothers returning to work.

Leadership race offers unions an opening

John McDonnell is among those backing the trade union freedom bill

A Labour leadership contest is the ideal time for trade unions to push their case for more power and rights to strike, Tony Benn has argued.

Contractors to be quizzed on diversity practices

Firms could be forced to explain their diversity commitment when bidding for contracts

Companies bidding for government contracts would have to prove their commitment to a diverse workforce under new proposals to tackle unemployment among ethnic minorities.

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