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- Date:
- 19 October 2018
- Type:
- Legal guidance
If women's menopause symptoms are not treated sensitively, employers can face increased risks of claims for sex and disability discrimination. Charles Wynn-Evans and Emma Zarb of law firm Dechert look at what menopause policies should address.
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- Date:
- 11 October 2018
- Type:
- News
Employers may be required to publish their ethnicity pay gap under plans to improve career progression for ethnic minority groups.
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- Date:
- 28 September 2018
- Type:
- News
The civil service is looking to hire its first wave of apprentice economists, including school leavers, in a bid to increase diversity and challenge stereotypes in the profession.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
Poor succession planning for leadership positions could be contributing to the limited progress in achieving gender balance. Brett Moffatt explains how organisations could benefit from developing female leaders before top vacancies become available.
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- Date:
- 10 September 2018
- Type:
- News
Almost half of workers believe their age would hold them back when applying for a job - and nearly one in seven think they have been turned down for work due to their age.
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- Date:
- 29 August 2018
- Type:
- News
The government has launched a £1m fund aimed at boosting gender, ethnic and social diversity in digital and technology roles.
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- Type:
- Good practice manual
Updated to include information on the Government Equalities Office guidance on dress codes, and the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code that requires companies to report the gender balance of leadership teams.
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- Date:
- 15 August 2018
- Type:
- News
More than half of over-50s feel unsupported at work although millions of employees are planning to work longer than they had previously expected and despite the emergence of a widening skills gap in the UK, according to new research.
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- Date:
- 7 August 2018
- Type:
- News
Leading UK-headquartered law firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has come under fire from MPs for failing to include £1.5m of payouts to senior partners in its gender pay gap report. It is the only one of the five "magic circle" of leading law firms to have so far failed to provide pay gap calculations including partners.
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- Date:
- 30 July 2018
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
With 700,000 people in the UK now on the autism spectrum and Morrisons having just launched a weekly "quieter hour" for autistic shoppers, Michelle Morgan considers ways employers can build a neuro-inclusive workplace and adapt to employees' needs.
