Brian Flores, the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, is suing the National Football League (NFL) and three of its franchises alleging racial discrimination in its hiring practices.
Mid-ranking black lawyers in the largest UK law firms are four times more likely to leave than their white and other minority-ethnic peers.
The US’ second-largest stock exchange, Nasdaq, will be strengthening its listed companies’ board diversity under a new initiative with set rules.
Linklaters, one of the UK’s elite “magic circle” firms, is set to elect a female senior partner for the first time in its 183-year history.
The latest reports from City law firms show that there has been little progress in narrowing the gender pay gap.
In March 2021 the Bar Council wrote to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service (BTAS) to express their concerns about the handling of cases of sexual harassment among barristers.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd, is to undergo trial.
The tech giant is currently under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), amid allegations that its hiring and promotion policies are potentially impacted by systemic racial bias.
The government’s gender pay gap reporting service may be deferred for a second year running, which is likely to undermine decades of work to close the gender pay gap in the UK. Concerns have been raised about the time it will take to get reporting back up and running, by which time it could be noted that the government has failed to commit to change in this area.
A recent Parker review has revealed there are no black executives in any of the top three positions in FTSE 100 companies in the UK.