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Help with discrimination in work

Last updated: 13 Feb 2019

Advice for advisers on discrimination at work.

Help with discrimination in housing and at work

Published: 11 Feb 2019

What are we doing to help people who have experienced discrimination get justice?

Legal aid for victims of discrimination

Our inquiry looked at whether legal aid enables people who raise a discrimination complaint in England and Wales to get justice.

Race discrimination

Last updated: 19 Feb 2020

What is race discrimination ? We explain its definition, areas covered and what constitutes discrimination.

Your rights under the Equality Act 2010

Last updated: 19 Feb 2020

The Equality Act became law in 2010. It covers everyone in Britain and protects people from discrimination, harassment and/or victimisation. The information on the Your Rights pages is here to help you understand if you have been treated unlawfully.

Reporting hate crime

Last updated: 19 Jun 2017

What is a hate crime and how can you report it? It covers hate crimes related to race, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity.

Research report 1: Review of equality statistics

First Published: 01 Oct 2008

This report examines the availability of data for key equality strands, different levels of geographic classification and the ten equality measurement framework domains.

McGregor-Smith review: Government must produce a comprehensive race strategy

Published: 28 Feb 2017

David Isaac comments on Baroness McGregor-Smith's review into the progression of black and minority ethnic talent in the workplace.

'Culture of disbelief' is putting asylum seeking children at risk

Published: 14 Mar 2017

The Court of Appeals has found that asylum seekers who are under the age of 18 should not be detained even when immigration officials believe they are adults.

Landlord to face legal action for banning 'coloured' people from renting his properties

Published: 29 Mar 2017

Rebecca Hilsenrath responds to news that buy-to-let landlord Fergus Wilson has been secretly banning 'coloured people' from renting his properties.

Local adoption case gives rise to race discrimination concerns

Published: 27 Jun 2017

A British husband and wife, refused permission to adopt a child because of their ‘cultural heritage’, are taking their fight to court.

Welcome progress on access to justice

Published: 26 Jul 2017

Supreme Court judgment is a positive step for access to justice, but

Race rights in the UK: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

First Published: 07 Sep 2017

Updated submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Time limits for discrimination claims

Last updated: 17 Feb 2020

If you think you have been discriminated against you should act quickly, as there are time limits for lodging a claim with an employment tribunal or court.

How to report a discriminatory advert

Last updated: 30 Mar 2020

What is a discriminatory advert and how can you report it?

Unconscious bias training: no such thing as a quick fix

Published: 23 Mar 2018

Does unconscious bias training actually work to help create more inclusive workplace cultures?

Unconscious bias training: an assessment of the evidence for effectiveness

First Published: 23 Mar 2018

This report looks at the effectiveness of unconscious bias training and makes recommendations for employers, policymakers and human resource professionals

Looking at torture closer to home

Published: 11 Jun 2018

How can civil society organisations hold the government to account on human rights issues?

Developing a national barometer of prejudice and discrimination in Britain

First Published: 11 Oct 2018

We review people's experiences of prejudice, and people's attitudes towards others, in Britain today.

Britain's conflicting attitudes towards equality

Published: 11 Oct 2018

Three quarters of people in Britain agree that there should be equality for all, but veiled prejudice and negative attitudes towards others are still prevalent in our society.