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Carly Hughes leaves ABC comedy American Housewife after four seasons due to ‘discrimination’ and ‘toxic’ work environment She released a statement where she described the difficult working conditions ‘I feel the responsibility to stand up for what I deserve, what we all deserve — to be treated equally,’ she added Hughes’ departure as the only … Read more
Decades of structural discrimination led to the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, a review has said. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, claimed there were structural inequalities within government, health, employment and the education system that Covid-19 ‘thrived on’ as the outbreak … Read more
Professor Paul Ewart has also been awarded £30,000 in compensation after he won a landmark age discrimination battle Oxford University has been ordered to re-employ a professor who it illegally forced to quit before his 70th birthday. Professor Paul Ewart has also been awarded £30,000 in compensation after he won a landmark age discrimination battle … Read more
A black quantity surveyor is suing a consultancy firm for race discrimination claiming she was held back for promotion in favour of her white colleges. Shannice Richards-Hargreaves worked for project and programme management consultancy Faithful+Gould in Birmingham and then London. She told an employment tribunal that white associate director Dervla Duffy – who worked in the … Read more
Laurence Fox has accused Sainsbury’s of ‘promoting racial segregation and discrimination’ and said he will be boycotting the supermarket chain after they promoted Black History Month. The actor, who recently announced he was launching his own political party to ‘reclaim British values, denounced the supermarket on Twitter. He said: ‘Dear Sainsbury’s ‘I won’t be shopping … Read more
A gender-fluid engineer who was branded ‘IT’ by bullying workmates at Jaguar Land Rover has been awarded £180,000 after winning a landmark discrimination case. Rose Taylor, 43, was teased and harassed by colleagues at the car manufacturer after she began identifying as gender fluid/non-binary in 2017. An employment tribunal heard how she suffered insults and … Read more
Schoolgirl, 12, is left in tears after teachers told her to remove white braided hair extensions she wore in honour of her Jamaican heritage – as her father blasts school for ‘discrimination’ Year 8 pupil Lily Rann, 12, chose the style because of her Jamaican heritage Dad Chris, 32, blasted Norton Hill School in Somerset … Read more
Jeremy Tardy is leaving the cast of Netflix’s Dear White People after accusing series producer Lionsgate of racial discrimination. ‘Unfortunately I will not be joining NETFLIX’s Dear White People for its fourth and final season due to my experience with Lionsgate and their practices of racial discrimination,’ began the actor, 29, In a lengthy rant … Read more
Three million workers could get a boost to their pension as a result of the blunder, which led to a successful legal challenge in late 2018.
The police watchdog is to launch an inquiry into racial discrimination in the use of stop and search by forces across England and Wales. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will look into how stop and search powers are used by police to examine whether there are any patterns of prejudice against ethnic minorities. … Read more