There was a time when human resources practitioners and employment attorneys could list the “protected classes”–groups of people protected from discrimination and harassment in the workplace–like ...

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The Supreme Court‘s landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County is changing civil rights law despite the narrow scope of its purview. In 2020, the nation’s high court decided that the definition of ...

The Sex Discrimination Act is in the news following the high-profile ‘Giggle v Tickle’ court case. Here’s how the act came to ...

The LGBT community is celebrating a victory after a City Council decision to expand the definition of discrimination. The Council voted Tuesday to include gender identification and expression in the ...

The number of employment discrimination lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has nearly doubled in the past five years and seen a sharp increase in recent months, federal court ...

The state of Wisconsin has added a definition of antisemitism to state law, drawing criticism from opponents who say it will police free speech rights, specifically on college campuses according to ...

The Coalition government’s proposed religious discrimination bill has been criticised for the potential problems it poses for women, the LGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and people from ...