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The House of Lords has published its Home-based Working Committee’s report, Is Working from Home Working?.

A report by the charity Unseen has revealed the prevalence of exploitation in the hospitality sector during the period between January 2024 and June 2025.

According to analysis of data from Acas, the number of early conciliation notifications related to disability discrimination rose 41% between 2023–24 and 2024–25.

A report by the Resolution Foundation is calling for the introduction of a new right to incentivise employers to reintegrate disabled workers returning from sickness absence. This comes at a time where disability discrimination tribunal claims are on the rise, particularly those focussing on the duty to make reasonable adjustments.

Acas has seen a 41% increase in the number of disability discrimination cases it received for conciliation, according to analysis of its latest data. In 2024–25, Acas received 11,958 disability discrimination cases, compared to 8496 in 2023–24.

The Ministry of Justice have recently released the latest tribunal statistics covering January to March 2025. And, wherever you look in the data, one thing is clear, employment tribunal claims are continuing to rise.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released an interim update on the impact on single-sex facilities after Supreme Court ruling on definitions of ‘woman’ and ‘sex’.

Recruitment practices in the UK public sector have recently come under scrutiny following reports of prioritisation of ethnic minority candidates throughout the NHS, and a police force temporarily blocking white British people from applying to its force. This has prompted questions around the use of lawful ‘positive action’ and the fine line between it and unlawful ‘positive discrimination’.

If you open any news outlet, it won’t take you long before you stumble upon a story about harassment in the workplace. Whether it be sexual harassment allegations against TV chefs like Gino D’Acampo and big businesses such as McDonald’s, or fears on what the Employment Rights Bill may mean when it comes to third party harassment – there’s no denying it’s a hot topic.

In the case of Campbell v Sheffield Teaching North Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Hammond, the Employment Tribunal (ET) had to consider whether the claimant suffered harassment as a result of their race.

The final report of the Commission for Healthier Working Lives highlights the fact that 8.2 million working-age people say that they have a long-term health condition that limits their ability to work and 1.7 million workers in Great Britain suffer from health conditions caused or made worse by their job.