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After a former employee at the BBC filed a claim for unequal pay the BBC was ordered to pay her £130,000. 15 male colleagues in equivalent roles all earned higher salaries... read more

Under Labour plans to end stigma in the workplace, large employers would be required to allow flexible working hours for any woman who is going through menopause... read more

A city banker has sued and won her case against the London office of BNP Paribas for gender discrimination. After being the victim of a prank when she found a witch’s hat on her desk the banker also claimed for harassment... read more

A student is calling for better awareness of invisible disabilities after staff at a Wetherspoons pub accused her of taking drugs while she was using the disabled toilet... read more

A disabled mum was plunged into poverty after she went through a humiliating PIP assessment. With the help of Epilepsy Scotland, she appealed the decision and has won her case... read more

An employee of the FCA who had a kidney disease was discriminated against and given a poor appraisal score. An employment tribunal ruled that the worker was discriminated against because of his disability... read more

An employment tribunal ruled that a bank manager who accidentally locked someone in the branch was discriminated against on grounds of disability... read more

An employment tribunal has ruled that after being left in the dark about changes to her new role, a former Tesco employee was unfairly dismissed... read more

While two of her colleagues’ cases failed, an HR manager at a merged NHS trust has won her claim. The claim was for unfair dismissal and she won it even though she failed to apply for a suitable alternative position... read more

The Duke of Sussex commented that even if people do not consider themselves to be racist, an ‘unconscious bias’ can lead to racist behaviour... read more