“One of the country’s biggest trade unions did not discriminate against female members in its negotiations on equal pay claims, an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled today. ”
The Times, 31st July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Sex equality will take generations to achieve at the current ‘painfully slow’ rate of progress, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today in a final report before being wound up by the government after more than 30 years fighting gender bias across British society.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thirty years ago, the case of Automotive Products Limited v Peake made history by becoming the first sex discrimination case to reach the Court of Appeal. Curiously, it was brought by a group of male employees.”
The Times, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A City trader who claimed a sexist work culture forced her to quit her job after she returned from maternity leave lost her £1.35m compensation claim yesterday.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“New mothers will gain the right to breastfeed their babies in cafes and shops under proposed changes to equality laws announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Campaigners attacked a proposed shake-up of discrimination laws today – accusing ministers of failing to do enough to protect victims.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government today published a consultation document including proposals for a Single Equality Bill, to simplify and improve existing legislation and make common-sense proposals to modernise discrimination law.”
Communities and Local Government press release, 12th June 2007
Source: www.communities.gov.uk
“Thousands of buy-to-let landlords will be have to build ramps and lifts for disabled tenants in their properties under the Government’s proposed new equality law.”
The Times, 12th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Golf clubs and other private members’ establishments will no longer be able to ban women members from their bars or discriminate in any other way on gender grounds under a shakeup of equality laws unveiled today.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Employer’s letters were victimisation
House of Lords
“Letters sent by an employer to employees warning them of the consequences if they persisted with equal pay claims had gone further than was reasonable in protecting the employer’s interests in the litigation and had amounted to victimisation under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.”
The Times, 27th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“A group of school dinner ladies who claimed they were victimised by their local council after bringing equal pay claims has won their case at the House of Lords.”
The Times, 25th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“It is one of the most eagerly awaited decisions by the law lords, holding potentially significant ramifications for women in the workplace that could set rules on what behaviour is judged illegal discrimination by employers and bolstering the status of pregnant workers.”
The Observer, 22nd April 2007
Source: www.observer.guardian.co.uk
“A City banker was told to use her female charms to woo clients over candlelit dinners and was asked by her manager to do the washing-up at a business meal, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.”
The Times, 17th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A former ‘high-flying’ female banker who claims that male colleagues placed bets on whether she would return to work after having a baby is suing her former employer, BNP Paribas, for sex discrimination.”
The Times, 16th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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