Career Advice
Cvs vs LinkedIn
Cv expert Emma Alkirwi offers some advice on how to use LinkedIn and your cv to your best... read more
Employers
Employers can access all of our research, best practice reports and up-to-date news and features about flexible working and diversity issues in this archive – including gender pay gap information and advice, tips for managing flexible staff, how to recruit more women into your business and case studies of companies who are doing great things in this area.
Gender Equality
Survey highlights sexist attitudes in the workplace
A Young Women's Trust survey shows little improvement on sexist attitudes compared to last... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Public sector overload
The house has suddenly got busier. The GCSEs are over and my partner is on stress leave... read more
Diversity
Tech training for women
How do we get more women into tech jobs? One way is through coding courses. read more
Flexible Working Practices
One-day working week is the most ‘effective dose’
A new study shows working less could be better for us in the future. read more
Employment Rights
‘Lack of access to legal aid a barrier in discrimination cases’
An EHRC report highlights the problems employees face in taking discrimination cases to... read more
Employment Rights
Redundancy rights when you work part time on a temporary basis
My company will be closed by 2021. I have worked full time up to November 2016 and then... read more
Work Life Balance
It doesn’t have to be crazy at work
David Heinemeier Hansson speaks to workingmums.co.uk about why we don't need to work... read more
Diversity
Just 6.5% of train drivers are female, says report
A new report from Aslef calls for greater action on diversity for train driver roles. read more
Gender Equality
‘Time running out for employers to close gender pay gap’
A new analysis shows it will take over 65 years to close the gender pay gap. read more
Recruitment
‘Digital literacy key to future of work’
A Future of Work summit last week looked at how work and the skills needed for a job are... read more
Gender Equality
Will the workplace be fairer in the age of AI?
An event for London Tech Week brought up some of the, sometimes contradictory, issues... read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘Teachers assume heads will turn down flexi requests’
A new report looks at how to encourage schools to become more flexible. read more
Diversity
NHS leaders call for collaborative, inclusive approach
A new report on NHS leaders emphasises collaborative working across boundaries and a... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Working and caring: a personal story
Coach Suzanne Bourne talks about her experiences as a working carer in the penultimate in... read more
Gender Equality
Equal parenting…a work in progress
As research shows sharing parenting is beneficial all round, what are the barriers to... read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘2m parents in low paid, insecure work’
A new survey calls for employers to boost wages and reduce job insecurity. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Report highlights family toll of overwork
A new survey by the CIPD shows a majority of workers say they are working longer hours... read more
Gender Equality
Girls and tech
Why are there so few women going into careers in technology and what role do the early... read more
Recruitment
Women, particularly older women, driving employment figures
ONS statistics show women are behind much of the jobs growth in the last few months. read more
Gender Equality
‘Women less likely to want a career in AI’
A new government survey shows women are significantly less likely to consider a career in... read more
