Workplace bullying and harassment policies: your rights
A policy should give you a safe way to report and make your employer act. Check the reporting route, protect your evidence and do not let an investigation eat your tribunal deadline.
Discrimination & equality
Protected characteristics, harassment, equal pay and reasonable adjustments.
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Can dress codes discriminate on religion?
A uniform policy does not give your employer a free pass to ban religious dress. Ask what the rule is for, what evidence supports it and why a safer alternative will not work.
Can carers be discriminated against at work?
Caring is not a protected characteristic. But discrimination linked to disability, rigid shifts and punishment for taking leave can give you a claim.
Can you take time off for religious observance?
Ask for the day in writing, offer a workable rota change and keep the answer. There is no automatic right to religious leave, but a refusal can be discrimination.
What is racial discrimination at work?
If racism is shaping your shifts, pay or treatment, you have rights. Start by recording what happened and checking the deadline.
Accessibility in online meetings at work
A meeting you cannot follow can cost you training, shifts or a fair hearing. Here is how to ask for changes, get support and protect your claim.
Age discrimination at work: your UK rights
"Too young to lead" and "too old to learn" can both break the law. Know when age differences are lawful, how to challenge a decision and which tribunal deadline applies.
Can an employer collect equality data?
Your employer can ask about ethnicity, religion, disability or sexuality, but an equality form is not permission to use the answers against you. You can usually decline.
Sexual harassment at work: employer duties explained
You have the right to work without sexual harassment. Make a record and report it safely today; your employer must prevent harassment, not wait for a complaint.
Can I be discriminated against for more than one characteristic?
You can bring claims on several characteristics at once. But the combined discrimination provision Parliament passed in 2010 is still not in force.
Free speech at work: what can I say?
A Facebook post, a union message or a complaint about unsafe work can put your job at risk. Know which speech the law protects, and how to challenge punishment.
Are veterans protected from workplace discrimination?
Being ex-forces is not a protected characteristic. Disability law, ordinary dismissal rights and separate reservist protections may still give you a claim.