Employment Rights
How should you handle LGBT discrimination in the workplace?
Karen Holden outlines what employers should do to prevent discriminatory behaviour towards... 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.
Recruitment
Employers raising wages to tackle skills shortage
Wages are rising as employers find it harder to recruit in key areas. read more
Career Advice
A window on the world of work for children and parents
Sarah Jane Thomson, founder of children's newspaper First News, talks to Workingmums.co.uk... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Should I have to repay bank holidays due to sick leave?
I work long weekends and receive pro rata bank holidays. Unfortunately, I was off on... read more
Career Progression
Report highlights career toll of gender bias on women
A new report highlights the gap in perception between men and women about unconscious bias... read more
Managing Staff
Council offers ‘safe leave’ to people experiencing domestic abuse
South Ayrshire Council is to offer 'safe leave' to those who have experienced domestic... read more
Diversity
Arts organisations ‘treading water’ on diversity
Arts Council England's annual report on diversity shows some improvements on gender, but... read more
Gender Equality
Government publishes guidance on reducing the gender pay gap
The Government Equalities Office has published two pieces of guidance on how to reduce ... read more
Work Life Balance
HR report highlights gender pay gap
A report on pay in the HR sector shows continuing pay disparities between men and women,... read more
Diversity
Unconscious bias training: Does it work?
Unconscious bias training is often mentioned in the context of closing the gender pay gap,... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Has the time for job shares finally come?
Job shares are in the news. We need to promote them more to increase take-up. read more
Returning to Work
A holistic approach to returners
Cheryl Townend says FDM Group's returner programme helped rebuild her confidence and... read more
Gender Equality
Glasgow approves equal pay deal
Glasgow City Council approves equal pay package. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Can flexible hours be changed?
My husband and I work for the same company. My mum passed away in 2017 so we had nobody to... read more
Diversity
How to turn up the LGBT voice in your workplace
For LGBT History Month, Paul Holcroft of Croner outlines what employers can do to create... read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘Challenging norms moves us forward’
Debbie Vavangas is IBM's Digital Strategy and iX Lead for the UK and Ireland and a firm... read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘More than 600 people a day quit jobs to care for loved ones’
Growing number of carers at work
Carers UK report calls for employers to do more to support the growing number of carers in... read more
Flexible Working
Top tips when working from home
So you fancy working from home? Here are some tips to help you be at your most productive. read more
Managing Staff
‘Thirtysomethings have faced the biggest pay squeeze’
Pay squeeze for thirty-somethings
Thirty somethings have lost out the most on earnings since the recession, says a new... read more
Managing Staff
Reducing the stigma of mental ill health
Lloyds Banking Group has been building a more open culture where people feel able to talk... read more
Managing Staff
‘The openness about mental health means you don’t feel alone’
Catherine Ashmore talks about her experience of returning to work after post-partum... read more
