Employers are increasingly focused on using health initiatives to remove barriers to gender equality, diversity and inclusion. We round up five gender-focused health-related policies that have caught on in UK workplaces in recent years.
Being transparent with pay can have positive effects for organisations in both recruitment and retention, as well as helping to reduce inequality. This analysis explores organisations' approaches towards transparency in job adverts and the benefits experienced from including this information. It also investigates the differences in the gender pay gap by approach to pay transparency.
Ever since religion and belief discrimination was introduced in 2003, a potential conflict of rights has been brewing under the surface, says consultant editor Darren Newman. What if employees express beliefs related to protected characteristics - such as sexual orientation and gender reassignment - that may be upsetting or offensive to others?
Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discuss the importance of having workplace policies that advance gender equality, diversity and inclusion, and highlight some of the innovative policies that progressive employers are now adopting.