A recent report from the Treasury Committee has highlighted that the career progression of women in financial services continues to be hampered by what it describes as an ‘alpha-male’ culture within the sector and has called for this culture to be abolished. 

The Women and Equalities Committee has published details of the Government’s response to its report on Fathers and the workplace, which had called for new measures on paternity leave and pay, shared paternal leave, the right to flexible working, workplace rights and driving cultural change. 

A woman from Northern Ireland has been awarded £25,000 by an employment tribunal after she suffered sex discrimination related to her pregnancy. 

A new Government survey has revealed that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the UK continue to experience negative reactions and discrimination in public and at work.

A group of 27 artists and art educators who have recently been dismissed by the National Gallery in London, are taking their case to an employment tribunal on the grounds of unfair dismissal. They also wish to be recognised as employees rather than freelancers, with all the rights that this would include.