(CN) — An Alabama company's refusal to hire a job applicant because she wouldn't cut her dreadlocks is not considered racial discrimination, a federal appellate court ruled on Thursday. The 11th ...

This week we focus on a new case looking at the difficulties between balancing protections of religious belief with the rights and protections of LGBTQI+ individuals. The claimant was an evangelical ...

Federal law protects applicants and employees from negative treatment in connection with their employment, where that negative treatment is based on a protected characteristic. Traditionally, courts ...

There is a growing consensus around extending the Equality Act (2010) to outlaw class discrimination – as well as race, gender and other forms of discrimination already covered by the Act. But might ...

Michigan Tech has adopted internal complaint/grievance procedures providing for prompt and equitable resolutions of complaints alleging any prohibited action under the Board of Trustees Policies 5.1-5 ...

There is a greater recognition of consumer vulnerability outside of the protected characteristics present in the Financial Conduct Authority’s consumer duty, according to Professor John Fitch.