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A recent string of multi-million dollar settlements by and lawsuit awards against British companies and subsidiaries is only the most visible part of persistent on the job discrimination according to some workplace experts. Discrimination and employment law practitioners have warned that this could become a much larger problem for employers over the next four years as new European Union laws prohibiting harassment, sexual harassment, and religious, sexual orientation and age discrimination in the workplace are added to existing British anti-discrimination laws. Although the new laws will also make employers responsible for proactively monitoring and encouraging equal treatment of workers, it seems likely that many will continue to ignore equity issues until faced with a lawsuit.