Articles, tagged with "race discrimination", page 1
Introducing Race Discrimination
Race discrimination refers to any type of discrimination in the workplace for reason of color, race, nationality, ethic or national origin. Per the 1976 Race Relations Act an employer cannot discriminate against you for reasons of race. However there is o...
Employment Law - What Is Race Discrimination?
Race discrimination can also be classed as racism, the belief that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a certain race. Some racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or receive preferential treatment. Race discrimination usually po...
Gender Inequality, Sex Slavery and Prostitution
Some of the most overlooked human rights abuses of women, prostitution and sex slavery are terrible crimes against woman and girls worldwide. In no other “so called profession” are so many women murdered each year—women in prostitution are 18 times mor...
The Equality Act 2010: The UK's New Anti-Discrimination Legislation
The Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) comes into force on the 1st October 2010 and it has widespread ramifications for employment law in the United Kingdom.
The principal objective of the EA 2010 is bring together all of the UK’s anti-discrimination legislat...
Santander UK causes £2.8m Damage to Employee
Allegations of race discrimination appear to have stuck on Santander UK in a high-profile legal battle that has made UK history on a number of accounts.
Santander UK is the UK bank previously known as Abbey National and taken over in 2004 by Emilio Bot...
Santander UK Risks Selling Opportunities
In a high-profile race discrimination situation that has made UK legal history on a number of accounts, Banco Santander UK has been demonstrating an astonishing level of appetite for risking alienating customers.
Santander UK is the UK bank formerly kn...
Santander UK Risks Corporate Image
Santander UK has been displaying an astonishing level of appetite for risking its reputation and corporate image in a high-profile employment dispute that has made UK legal history on several accounts.
Santander UK is the UK financial services provider...
What Drives Unethical Behaviour? Lessons from F1 McLaren Mercedes driver featuring Santander UK
The way organisations conduct themselves can affect lives. Organisations continually face ethical issues. Unethical behaviours can lead to highly visible and expensive consequences. Nevertheless, organisations and their staff at times do behave unethic...
Key Ethics Principles, from Lewis Hamilton F1 McLaren Mercedes driver featuring Santander UK
People, as individuals and as societies, expect organisations and their staff to behave ethically, because the way they go about their business can harm people both as individuals and/or as societies. But what are the principles at the heart of ethical b...
Types of Ethical Issues, illustrated by Lewis Hamilton Formula One featuring Abbey Santander UK
The way in which organisations conduct their activities can affect people both individually and/or collectively as a society. Organisations constantly have to consider ethical issues in conducting their activities. But what types of ethical issues do they...
The Price of Breaking the Rules, exemplified by Lewis Hamilton F1 Driver Abbey Santander UK
The UK Financial Services sector is highly regulated; banks and other financial institutions must comply with a wide range of legal and regulatory rules, as well as social and ethical standards. But why do all these rules and regulations exist? Well, the...
Race Discrimination by landlord legal remedy
Racial discrimination is quite prevalent in rental deals in America. Fair housing laws are a set of policies and programs enforced by dept of housing and Urban development guarantees fair and that aims to bring down discrimination against tenants who ar...
Social Responsibility, demonstrated with Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 driver Abbey Santander UK
The spirit of corporate social responsibility is that organisations should behave like 'good citizens' in their communities. Good citizens think about others beside themselves, and try to exercise ethical judgements when deciding how to behave.
This i...
Taking On a Formidable Opponent, Clues from Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 Abbey Santander UK
When a worker and an employer are unable to settle an employment dispute informally by themselves, then the worker may take on the dispute through more formal channels. But what is it like to take on a powerful opponent? Clues can be found in the UK land...
Employment Grievance Procedure illustrated with Chagger v Emilio Botin Abbey Banco Santander Group
An employment grievance is a complaint, concern or issue regarding employment rights that the employee flags to the attention of the employer. The grievance can be over such areas as employment terms and conditions, equal opportunities, health and safety...