The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has published a report finding that 41% of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) workers have experienced racism in the workplace, and that 81% of those who have faced such racist behaviour don’t report it due to worries about not being taken seriously or facing negative consequences. With 3.9 million BME employees in the UK, the TUC has expressed concern that hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of racist treatment, ranging from so-called ‘banter’ and jokes to bullying and harassment. The TUC has subsequently called on the government to work with trade unions and employers to ensure that employers take action to prevent workplace racism, to improve workers’ rights, to ensure ‘swift and effective’ penalties for the wrongdoers, and to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting.
Other findings of the report include:
Formed in 2017, following significant legislative changes designed to increase competition within the legal services marketplace, Pro Employment Law is a progressive set of barristers’ chambers, consisting only of experienced employment law barristers, offering a full range of specialist advisory, case management, and advocacy services directly to the public through the Public Access scheme. We supply our legal services exclusively in the area of Employment Law to clients located across England & Wales. All of the legal services we supply are covered by professional indemnity insurance with Bar Mutual.
Please contact us for a free, initial telephone consultation with a barrister.
In McMahon v AXA ICAS [2025] EAT 8, the EAT faced a number of issues on appeal around the payment due from a deduction of wages as well as a disability discrimination claim which was struck out by the employment tribunal. The respondent also cross-appealed a decision on deduction of wages, arguing that there was… >>
Where a claimant has failed to comply with the early conciliation (EC) requirement but the employment tribunal did not reject the claim under either Rule 10 or 12 of the ET Rules 2013 (now Rules 12 or 13 of the ET Rules 2024), the tribunal should not reject the claim at a later stage, eg… >>
In East Lancashire NHS Trust v Akram [2025] EAT 2, the EAT followed the approach set out by the Supreme Court in Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew [2024] IRLR 56 on how to calculate a day’s pay for holiday pay purposes. It explained that: • a person should receive… >>