Discrimination

Every time I read about women getting fired when they get pregnant, I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. It's like we're stuck in 1959 and it keeps repeating, repeating, repeating

Apparently white executives have a hard time empathizing with colleagues who are a different race because they can't bring themselves to view them as they view white junior executives - who often remind them of themselves or their children.

New research argues that even in the best-intentioned organisations, women get less access to mentoring, fast-track development and international postings than their male colleagues.

Is racism in the workplace less of an issue today than it was twenty or thirty years ago? To be perfectly blunt about, I'm not sure that any white male is capable of answering that question.

There's a place for every person in the workplace, but there doesn't necessarily need to be a place for any religion.

Smokers, it seems, feel like they're once again getting the short end of the stick. And Massachusetts is one place where it is fine to not hire people who smoke.

If you're to believe the Miami Herald, fair pay legislation is bad news for companies that are already struggling in an unfriendly business climate (read: recession).

Employers, no matter how large their salary, ego, or religious conviction, simply cannot force their employees to submit to propaganda promoting the CEO's religion.

Those who know me know how much I enjoy a good social protest (for justifiable reasons, of course) every now and then. I also believe that they only way to advance social progress is to hit offenders where it hurts – the bottom line. Otherwise, you'll never get their attention.

In the wake of the financial meltdown, performance-related bonuses are hardly flavour of the month in Main Street America. But now they have been found to be gender and racially biased, too.

In today's world of everyone believing that they are entitled to special treatment for one reason or another, it's increasingly difficult to be an HR professional or labor lawyer.

Though it's likely that many of us tend to think of workplace ills, such as discrimination or sexual harassment, as home-grown, you may be surprised (and disheartened) to know that these are problems that know no borders.

A number of Irish companies are trying to ban foreign languages (notably Polish) from their workplaces. What's their problem?

Some people need precious few excuses to let our their inner jerk. So is the state of the economy just the excuse they need?

Last week, I came across an article on a recent Indian High Court verdict, which ruled that sexual harassment in the workplace doesn't necessarily have to happen in the workplace.

When it's tough getting through the work day, there's nothing like a little humor. One blog specifically designed to occupy your downtime at work is The Office Humor Blog.

Would it surprise you if I told you that discriminatory slurs in the UK have virtually doubled in the past five years?

The U.S. has been unable to put together a truly effective workplace anti-discrimination bill at a federal level, so states have been taking it upon themselves to do what the fat cats in Washington DC won't.

It's always troubling when America fails to act like the beacon of reason, freedom, and democracy that she is supposed to represent. Which in this case is exactly what's happening.

It may be against the law to discriminate against employees who have a disability or because of their religious beliefs, but that doesn't stop many UK workers feeling hard done by.

Sexual harassment is yet another example of workplace embarrassments that inexplicably still exists in 2007. It's hard to say whether or not this problem has diminished over the years or if cases simply aren't as hyped in the media as they once may have been.

There's more evidence that the ever-increasing burden of bureaucracy is leading employers in Britain to shun women.

Earlier this week, I followed with great interest a thread on a mailing list where someone posted a job announcement where one of the job requirements was that the candidate be a non-smoker.

Earlier this week, I followed with great interest a thread on a mailing list where someone posted a job announcement where one of the job requirements was that the candidate be a non-smoker.

A recent amendment passed by the US Congress is a clear attempt to prevent Spanish-speakers from using their language in the American workplace.

A quarter of women in the U.S claim to have experienced discrimination at work, with almost one fifth saying they have been harassed by a fellow employee or manager.

Sadly, racial discrimination in the workplace appears to be a worldwide problem, despite all the efforts to curb it. And things are no different in Singapore.

Obese Americans are more likely to get injured at work, take more time off and are twice as likely to cost their organisations in injury claims than their thinner colleagues.

As a raft of recent research has highlighted, your physical appearance may have much more of an effect on the amount you earn than you might think.

Employers in the UK who discriminate against obese job candidates are quite within their rights to do so, lawyers say, as long as there is no medical reason for their weight problem.

Managers may talk a good talk about diversity but the majority are still white males, with a fifth of Americans saying they know someone who has been denied a job, raise or promotion because of their race or gender.

Indulged in a few mince pies in the past week or so? Had one serving of turkey too many? Better watch that waistline, because as a new survey has found, piling on the pounds can seriously damage your career.

The largest sex discrimination claim ever filed in a UK employment tribunal has been dramatically withdrawn.

The U.S may pride itself on being a nation of equals, but it lags behind much of Europe when it comes to gender equality in the workplace, politics and society, a global study has concluded.

Older workers are often unable to keep pace with new technology and are viewed increasingly negatively in many other areas. But according to a U.S. survey, they more than make up for this in other ways.

British leadership organisations are launching a drive to get more people from black and ethnic minority communities into the boardroom.

Almost half of workers across Europe believe their workplaces discriminate against older workers, a new survey has suggested, with Spanish and German employers the worst culprits.

It isn't discrimination that is stopping women getting into the boardroom, a new survey has suggested. They just aren't prepared to make the sacrifices needed to get there.

Young Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Black Caribbean women in Britain face higher unemployment, lower pay and a glass ceiling in the workplace, despite generally doing well at school, a report has suggested.

The vast majority of women believe that their organisations are biased against them and feel intimidated at work simply because of their gender, a new report has found.

Access to finance has long been identified as one of the major barriers preventing more women from developing successful businesses. But how far are the banks to blame for this state of affairs?

Harassment and discrimination against Muslims is rising in America, both within the workplace and in society as a whole, a new poll has suggested.

Contrary to the common perception, it is young people who suffer most from age discrimination at work rather than older workers, new British research has suggested.

While discrimination on almost any grounds will quickly see European employers up in front of an employment tribunal, discrimination against smokers is now officially acknowledged to be the exception.

Despite more than forty years of equal pay legislation, a significant proportion of women in the U.S. still believe that they are being short-changed in both pay and career advancement opportunities.

Out of an estimated 900,000 people working in London's Square Mile, some 55,000 are gay or lesbian and this number is growing as the stigma over homosexuality in the City wanes.

Lesbian and gay workers in Britain now have much more protection under the law, but many still face homophobia and discrimination in the workplace, trade unions have warned

With seven out of 10 British employers saying they are now actively seeking to recruit older workers, could the era of being thrown on the career scrapheap at 50 is finally passing?

A complaint brought by a French anti-racism group against cosmetics company L'Oréal and employment agency Adecco that they recruited women for a 2001 publicity campaign according to their race has been thrown out by the French courts.

Minority employees receive less executive coaching at many U.S. companies. That's according to a new survey of more than 3,000 senior HR executives by Boston-based consultants Novations Group.

Further evidence has arrived – if any is needed – of the damage that organisations can inflict on themselves by failing to root out the bad apples from their senior management teams.

Mothers face greater discrimination in finding a job in Britain than disabled people, Asian women and the elderly, a new report has claimed. But is the raft of legislation designed to help women actually adding to their difficulties?

Women across the globe still regularly encounter the glass ceiling despite the significant gains of the past decade, a new study has argued.

The British government's Women and Work commission has warned that the barriers to women working in occupations traditionally done by men could be losing the economy between £15 billion £23 billion a year.

Discrimination charges against private employers in the United States declined in 2005 for the third consecutive year, according to figures from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

They are best known for getting a foot in the door, and keeping it there, but when it comes to age discrimination, sales representatives are the most likely workers to lose out the older they get, a new survey has suggested.

British employers are continuing to pay lip service to the notion of equal pay, with just a third of big organisations completing an equal pay review in the past four years, according to a new study.

Why are investment banks so vulnerable to writs from women who claim the have been unfairly treated? According to Matthew Lynn writing in The Business, it is largely because "a brutalised, discriminatory working culture is part of what makes investment banking so profitable."

We're well-used to hearing about employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race or religion. But discrimination on the basis of Astrological profile is not something that many of us will be familiar with.

People with a criminal record are the most likely to struggle when it comes to finding employment in Britain, employers have suggested.