• Current Issue
• What's New?
• Topics
  • Age
  • Compensation
  • Disability
  • Equality & diversity
  • Equal pay
  • Flexible working
  • Harassment
  • Parental rights
  • Policy and practice
  • Race
  • Religion or belief
  • Sex
  • Sexual orientation
  • Tribunal procedures
  • Other
• Case Reports
• Discrimination Guide
• Legislation Guides
• Codes of Practice
• Key Cases 2010
• Michael Rubenstein Publishing
• Access Keys

Sexual orientation

This topic contains all articles and case reports dealing with discrimination on the grounds of Sexual Orientation. They are shown in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published being listed first.

You can further narrow down the articles or case reports you want to see by choosing one or more types of article, or case report, and/or selecting the date of publication, using the boxes on the right-hand side of your screen.

Showing results from 1 to 20 of 253

Some 7% of people from ethnic minority backgrounds felt they had been refused a job for reasons of race, compared with just 1% of white people, reveals a new survey from the Communities and Local Government department. A higher proportion of people from ethnic minority backgrounds (5%) also felt they had experienced racial discrimination when seeking promotion, compared with 1% of white people.

The latest report from the Tribunals Service shows that there were sizeable increases in the number of discrimination cases brought relating to all types of discrimination except sex discrimination (down 2%). The largest increase was in relation to age claims, which rose by 37% and are now not far behind the level of race claims.

The Coalition Government has set out what it describes as “an ambitious cross-government programme of work” to tackle prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Few gay lawyers who consider themselves well qualified and capable of being a judge would apply for the role, finds research by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) law network, the Interlaw Diversity Forum.

Stonewall has produced a university guide to the UK’s 150 universities to help lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) students choose a welcoming and supportive university.

In this second part of our annual survey of compensation awards, we look at disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief discrimination, as well as those cases that involve more than one jurisdiction. As in previous years, we find that disability discrimination attracts the highest amounts. (...more)

Expecting employment tribunals to interpret the nature of religious beliefs is not helpful to resolving conflicts between individuals’ rights, argues Darren Newman. In a response to the EOR article “Misconceptions about the nature of religious belief”, he explains why he believes the current approach taken by the tribunals and courts is correct. (...more)

In refusing permission to appeal against a finding that a psychosexual counsellor was not unlawfully discriminated against on grounds of religion or belief when he was dismissed for refusing to counsel same-sex couples about sexual matters, Lord Justice Laws condemns calls for specially constituted courts to hear claims of religious discrimination. McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd (29 Apr 2010, CA)

The EAT has allowed an appeal against a tribunal finding that a gay employee was subjected to unlawful harassment by his manager when she made it known to other employees that he was gay. HM Land Registry v Grant (15 Apr 2010, EAT)

Just 13% of people think that older people should be encouraged to retire early to reduce unemployment, according to the latest annual British Social Attitudes Survey for 2009, compared with 70% of people in 1983.

Many bisexual trade union members feel that they have not achieved the necessary recognition of the specific nature of bisexuality within the overall Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Trans people (LGBT) umbrella, finds a new TUC survey.

This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010, on Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Exclusions and Exceptions, includes: Genuine occupational requirements.

This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010 is on Sexual Orientation Discrimination - EC Sexual Orientation Discrimination Law.

This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010, on Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Discrimination by Others Than Employers, includes: Institutions of further and higher education.

This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010, on Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Harassment, includes: Harassment.

This section of the Discrimination Guide 2010, on Sexual Orientation Discrimination - Discrimination by Employers, includes: Access to benefits.

This article is an edited version of Michael Rubenstein’s lecture on “Key employment and discrimination cases for 2010”, given to the Industrial Law Society on 14 January 2010. ...(more) 

IBM is named as the best place to work for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers list for 2010.

The 23rd edition of the Discrimination Guide takes into account the effect on the case law of 45 discrimination cases reported in Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR) during 2009.

EOR subscribers will be receiving the 23rd edition of my annual Discrimination Guide with the February issue. That will take into account the effect on the case law of cases fully reported in Industrial Relations Law Reports during 2009, as well as changes to legislation.