Improving equality between women and men is essential to the EU's response to the current economic crisis, according to the European Commission's latest annual report on gender equality.

Ineffective management could be costing UK businesses over £19 billion per year in lost working hours, according to a new survey published by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

A new report claims that the glass ceiling preventing women from climbing to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder will still be firmly in place at the end of this decade.

Judges have interpreted the law too narrowly in religion or belief discrimination claims, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said in its application to intervene in four cases at the European Court of Human Rights, all involving religious discrimination in the workplace.

The Government's Red Tape challenge website, which gives the public a chance to have their say on the effectiveness of current regulation within the UK, is now focusing on the subject of equality legislation.