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Britain's failure to bring enforcement action over workplace discrimination has disproportionately hit the country's lowest earners, who are far less likely to go to the employment tribunals even though bias at work remains rampant, new research says.
A Royal Navy officer who complained that the service's housing policy discriminated against him for being gay has won almost £47,000 ($54,500) after data protection failures forced him to reveal his sexuality, an employment tribunal has ruled.
A bill to repeal European law in the U.K. risks allowing foundational employment laws to lapse or be reformed without proper scrutiny, MPs and attorneys warned Tuesday as the proposed legislation was debated in Parliament.
A bill to legislate minimum service levels during strikes by transport workers proceeded to its first reading in Parliament on Thursday, prompting reactions from unions saying the proposal was "unfair, unworkable and incompatible with our international commitments."
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The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Thursday it is not disproportionate to make a charity boss convicted of fraud repay approximately £97,000 ($117,000) he obtained dishonestly, opting for a "middle way" between an all-or-nothing approach to confiscation in résumé fraud cases.