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Diversity and equality: Religious discrimination

Includes information on religious discrimination at work

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Fewer City job candidates are identifying themselves as gay in job applications because they feel insecure about finding work in the midst of the credit crunch, according to new research

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News

24 July 2008
'HR allows smoking breaks, so why not time off for prayer?'
Firms must take sharia law into account when drawing up HR policies, a leading law firm has warned. Employers who allow smokers to have cigarette...
11 July 2008
Religious objector to gay weddings wins case
A registrar who refused to officiate at civil partnership ceremonies for gay couples because of her Christian beliefs has won her employment...
27 June 2008
Equalities bill to bring positive discrimination
The government will move one step closer towards positive discrimination today, when equalities minister Harriet Harman announces plans for firms...

Features and comment

17 September 2008
Variety performance
The doom-mongers would have us believe that diversity initiatives will be one of the casualties of the economic downturn. But now more than ever,...

HR essentials

18 September 2008
Top tips for accommodating Sharia law at work
Sharia, the religious law of Islam, impacts on Muslims in the workplace because it regulates all aspects of their public...

Your say

18 September 2008
Beliefs are personal
What a shame that Geoffrey Davies ended his otherwise balanced letter ('Secular question', Letters, 21 August) about prayer breaks with an insensitive...