3 d. ago Hotel manager discriminated against female colleague by saying she should know how to clean, tribunal rules

Zied Lajimi, a Travelodge hotel manager, was fired after a tribunal found his comment to a female member of staff that she should know how to clean discriminatory.

Society

7 d. ago Police chief ‘furious’ at Reform MP’s comments on female officers

Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy criticised Sarah Pochin, who said she was not comfortable seeing two female officers on the beat.

Events

7 d. ago Sacked EasyJet cabin manager called colleagues 'lovely ladies' and made sexual comments aimed at female crew

Ross Barr was accused of making colleagues feel uncomfortable and impacting on flight safety

Events

9 d. ago EasyJet manager sacked after alleged inappropriate and misogynistic comments to female crew

An employment tribunal has ruled Ross Barr, who was sacked in September, was not unfairly dismissed by easyJet

Politics

3 w. ago Manhunt for perv who hurled 'sexualised comments' at female jogger as she ran down road

South Yorkshire Police have released an e-fit of a man they wish to speak to after a woman was sexually assaulted while running, with the man hurling 'sexualised' comments in her direction

Politics

3 w. ago The Trump administration has decided coal is female – here’s why | Arwa Mahdawi

What is really behind the US Department of Energy’s weird pronouncement on social media?Have you ever tossed and turned at night wondering what the correct pronouns are for a lump of coal? No, me neither. However, it seems someone at the US Department of Energy has devoted a few spare brain cells to this matter and decided that coal is a she/her.Co-opting a phrase adopted by the LGBTQ+ community, the official energy department X account tweeted on 31 July: “She’s an icon. She’s a legend. And she is the moment,” alongside a sparkling picture of coal. This comes as the Trump administration devotes considerable energy to making fossil fuels great again. The president has signed numerous executive orders aimed at “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry” and reversed Biden-era pollution regulations on coal-fired power plants. These plants, according to a 2023 report, killed at least 460,000 Americans over the past two decades. Deaths declined when the environmental regula...

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