The seven anti-discrimination laws currently in place in Sweden will soon be combined into one all-encompassing law.

The first federal ban on job discrimination against sexual minorities was approved on Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Although progress has been made at combating discrimination in the workplace, rising gender disparities in income and other forms of discrimination - including age, sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS status - are cause for growing concern, the United Nations Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report released today.