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  1. Sexual orientation and the workplace

    © Workplace Law Group 2007 All rights reserved Sexual orientation and the workplace Sexual orientation and the workplace This week Stonewall published its annual Workplace Equality Index, which ranks the top employers of gay and lesbian staff. But what laws do employers have to comply with to make sure they do not discriminate on the grounds of sexuality? In this briefing Kerry W...

    News analysis | 11 Jan 2008

  2. Sexual orientation and religion / belief discrimination: three years on

    This week's briefing looks at the TUC report into the regulations prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of religion or religious belief or sexual orientation on the back of the recent (16 July) High Court decision that a schoolgirl was not entitled on religious grounds to wear her chastity ring to school. The issue of discrimination is rarely out of the media and in recent months there have been a few high profile instances of alleged rel...

    News | 23 Jul 2007

  3. Judgement delayed in church sexual orientation discrimination case

    ... Right Reverend Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford, admitted blocking the appointment of John Reaney. However, he denies it was because Reaney was gay, but because he was having sex outside of marriage. During his evidence, Priddis said he had made it clear to Reaney that a person in a committed sexual relationship outside of marriage, whether they were heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or transgender, would also be turned down for the role which he said was a key appointment within the diocese. Reaney disputes this and claims his homosexuality was the only reason he was turned down for the jo...

    Case | 17 Apr 2007

  4. Sexual orientation can affect pay

    A report into equal pay suggests that gay men are paid considerably lower wages on average than their heterosexual colleagues despite the introduction of legislation to prevent discrimination against sexual orientation in the workplace. Men in same-sex relationships were paid 6% less than their heterosexual counterparts, and were also 3% less likely to be employed, according to the Centre for Economic Performa...

    News | 28 Jul 2006

  5. Discrimination on the grounds of Sexual Orientation: when the law is not enough

    The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (which came into force in December 2003) seek to protect workers against discrimination and harassment on the grounds of sexual orientation. In December of last year the Civil Partnership Act 2004 came in to force giving same sex couples the same rights of civil marr...

    News | 10 Feb 2006

  6. Religion and sexual orientation: a clash in your workplace?

    ...s religious beliefs with homophobic elements, and who is very forward in imposing those views on their colleagues. On the one hand, the religious discrimination laws say that the employee should have the right to hold and manifest such beliefs. On the other hand, this behaviour can itself amount to sexual orientation discrimination against colleagues in the workplace. “In fact, Lillian Ladele’s case was the reverse of this. Yes, she refused to conduct civil partnership ceremonies because of her beliefs. But the Tribunal said that she was then subjected to a hostile environment by some gay collea...

    News | 17 Jul 2008

  7. Council employees asked to reveal sexual orientation

    A London Council has requested that employees disclose their sexual orientation in a confidential survey. According to reports from the Newham Reporter all council staff were sent a form in which they are asked to disclose if they are bisexual, a gay man, gay woman (lesbian), heterosexual (straight), ‘other’ or ‘prefer not to say’. The letter asks for a r...

    News | 12 Sep 2007

  8. Tackling sex and sexual orientation discrimination

    Days before new equality regulations come into force, which make discrimination on the grounds of sexual equality illegal in the provision of goods and services, new research has found that the City of London is becoming less homophobic. The report, by financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe Associates, claims that the financial heart of the capital is now becoming increasingly gay and lesbian f...

    News | 27 Apr 2007

  9. How to avoid sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace

    Shortly before new regulations are due to come into force next week that make it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their sexual orientation in the provision of goods and services, a national anti-discrimination campaign, The International Day Against Homophobia, to be held on 17 May, has received the backing of government ministers. The issue of sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace has been in the news recen...

    News | 19 Apr 2007

  10. Internships – Are you breaking the law?

    ...oyees to request time off to train will not be introduced for employers with less than 250 people in April 2011 as had been expected. The right for employees to request time off for training has applied to employers with 250 or more employees since 6 April 2010. characteristic. For example, a heterosexual female employee who overheard derogatory comments directed at a gay male colleague may be able to bring a claim of harassment herself if the comments created an offensive environment for her. Importantly, under the Act, employers are liable for any unlawful discrimination or harassment by their emp...

    Magazine issue | 3 May 2011

  11. The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference

    workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network The NeTWORK 12 years of the Workplace Law conference inside this issue MAR/APR 2011 Issue 59 Comment: New employment lawyer group addresses sexual orientation discrimination. Page 45 Legal update: Essential guide to proposed changes to Employment Tribunals. Page 16 Blow for freedom? The challenge facing employers with whistleblowers following the Wikileaks scandal. Page 27 CPd Ahead of session at this year's conference, a guide to FM contra...

    Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011

  12. Misuse of IT in the workplace

    ...lace Law Group 2009 All rights reserved Misuse of IT in the workplace There is also the risk that an employer could be found to have discriminated against a worker if the worker feels that they have been unfairly targeted for monitoring as a result of their sex, race, age, disability, religion or sexual orientation. An employer who is overzealous in its monitoring of a worker could even be found to have breached the duty of trust and confidence owed to them, potentially resulting in a constructive dismissal claim. Implementing policies to address IT misuse The implementation of an electronic comm...

    News analysis | 8 May 2009

  13. Power corrupts: misuse of power "the most prolific type" of bullying in the workplace

    ...uty of care to make sure that its workplace is somewhere where they are not subjected to harassment: “There is also anti-discrimination legislation which will catch many instances of bullying behaviors. If, for example, a person is bullied for reasons connected to their sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, they may be able to bring a discrimination complaint to an Employment Tribunal. "Bullying can, however, take many other forms and may be as a result of a personality clash or frustration by management regarding an individual's performance. In this situation a...

    News | 28 Aug 2007

  14. Facing up to Facebook in the Workplace

    ...gines such as Google, Yahoo! or Ask. Unless users adjust their security settings, employers could access their personal profiles though a simple internet search. Typically, employers now refrain from asking new or prospective employees for personal information such as: · age; · marital status; · sexual orientation; or · religious belief; for fear of exposing themselves to claims of discrimination. For the same reason, employers should avoid searching for potential employees on social networking sites because in doing so they may be creating documents or IT data that could later be discoverable i...

    News analysis | 13 Sep 2007

  15. Religion and sexual orientation: a clash in your workplace?

    An employment rights lawyer once stated the following after a successful day in court: “It seems likely to me, based on my sketchy understanding of life the universe and everything, that everything a person does or says is conditioned to varying degrees by what they know and what they believe. Only rarely are we acutely aware of the central role of beliefs and the limits of our knowledge. These occasions are frequently the result of ...

    Comment | 18 Jul 2008

  16. Are your employees afraid to be open about their sexual orientation?

    ... a separate survey of gays and lesbians in the workplace has found that only about half of Britain's gay workers are out of a job. The survey, conducted for Diva and Gay Times, also found that one in ten gay men, and one in eight lesbians reported they were harassed at work in 2005 because of their sexuality. The Government recently estimated , as part of work to measure the cost of benefits under the new Civil Partnership law, that about six percent of British workers are gay. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005. Civil Partnership is now a legal relationship between t...

    News | 17 Jan 2006

  17. The sex issue

    workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace MAY 2006 ISSUE 17 Sex discrimination Sexual orientation discrimination HIV/AIDS discrimination Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 ­ interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT workplacelaw 2 C...

    Magazine issue | 1 May 2006

  18. Civil partnerships: how they may affect the workplace

    ... well. Consequently, both married people and civil partners will have a right not to be treated less favourably than single people. However, it will not prohibit conduct which discriminates between married employees and employees in civil partnerships. Proposed changes to the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations are intended to deal with this anomaly. The proposed amendments will give a civil partner who is treated less favourably than a married person the right to claim discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation. They will also provide that an employer will only be able to...

    News | 28 Oct 2005

  19. Inefficient managers wasting time and money

    ...dividual business success, in terms of delivering effective public services and in terms of helping the UK deliver on a world stage.”   The research also found that 13% of those surveyed have witnessed managers exhibiting discriminatory behaviour towards employees based on gender, race, age or sexual orientation and almost one third (27%) have witnessed managers bullying or harassing their employees.   Christopher Kinsella added: “We were particularly concerned by these figures. No worker should ever feel threatened or discriminated against at their workplace. If managers are not signed up...

    News | 14 Nov 2011

  20. Positive Action: the positives and negatives

    ...nating under-representation Positive action refers to measures that employers might use to overcome disadvantages suffered by those with a protected characteristic, namely age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Before the Equality Act 2010 came into force, employers were entitled to encourage job applications from groups that they considered to be under-represented in their particular field, or to take positive action in providing training to those groups. This is incorporated into the Equali...

    News analysis | 25 Feb 2011

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