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A worker of yours is taunted at work by colleagues for being “gay”, but everyone seems to know that he’s in fact, heterosexual. Could you be liable for harassment under the Sexual Orientation
Regulations?
Published 12.06.2008
Since December 2003, gay workers have been protected from unfair dismissal as a result of their sexual orientation. What lessons can you learn from one of the first cases to be heard under this new
legislation?
Published 29.06.2006
One employee disapproves of another’s sexuality due to their religious beliefs. You can’t discriminate against either, so how should you play it?
Published 27.01.2010
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has said that an off-the-cuff remark about an employee’s sexual orientation is unlikely to amount to harassment. A good news decision, but what happens when the
Equality Act 2010 comes into force?
Published 25.08.2010
It’s been reported that the new Equality Act 2010 bans all workplace banter; if it occurs, you could be sued! Is this really true or just another media myth?
Published 19.10.2010
Legislation outlawing discrimination against gay staff was introduced in December 2003. But just how far do these rules affect office banter? What guidance does a new case have to offer you?
Published 24.08.2006
In December 2003, new Regulations which outlawed harassment against workers on grounds of their sexual orientation were introduced. The first case has now been decided by a tribunal. What was the
outcome?
Published 21.04.2005
An employee has made an “off-the-cuff” remark to another about their ethnic background. But how offensive does it have to be for it to amount to racial harassment, and what can you do to avoid this
type of incident?
Published 19.06.2009
You’re aware that if a male employee makes suggestive comments towards a female colleague it could amount to sexual harassment. But could she claim if she normally engages in such banter herself?
Published 24.04.2006
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