Diversity

Number of women executive members on FTSE 100 companies falls

Report shows female pipeline slowing

The number of women coming through the ranks of FTSE 100 businesses has fallen by 4.1% in the last year, according to a new report.   read more

Creating a ripple effect for returners

A champion for returners

In just five years Julianne Miles and her team at Women Returners have played a huge role in changing the narrative for people who have taken a... read more

Men account for 95% of CEOs at global firms in US and Europe

'Less than 5% of CEOs of top European and US firms are women'

Men still hold 95% of CEO positions at the largest companies in the US and Europe, according to a new report. read more

93% of European VC funds for tech go to companies with all-male founders

Report notes urgent diversity problem for tech funding

Ninety-three per cent of all funds raised by European venture capital-backed tech companies went to those with all-male founding teams, according to a... read more

Women in STEM: ‘overmentored and undersponsored’

Report calls for more sponsorship of women in STEM

Women in the STEM industry are overmentored and undersponsored, according to a new report which says more needs to be done to engage with female... read more

Why inclusion matters to all of us

Why we need to be inclusive

I’ve been thinking a lot about inclusion of late. Mainly because it’s my job, but also because daughter three has been having problems... read more

Social activist movements ‘shifting power dynamics at work’

Heightened social activism and employment trends have resulted in employees reconsidering how they think and feel about their employers, according to... read more

Report calls for action to close digital gender gap

Governments should set national digital strategies that actively aim to close the gender digital access, adoption and usage gaps and improve the... read more

‘One in four BAME employees has witnessed or experienced racism from managers’

One in four BAME employees witness or experience racism

A quarter of BAME employees has witnessed or experienced racist harassment or bullying from managers in the last two years, according to a new report... read more

Call for more understanding of the impact of fertility treatment on employees

Impact of fertility treatment on employees

A leading fertility clinic is calling for greater support in the workplace for people who are undergoing fertility treatment or who are involuntarily... read more

Bridging the gender divide

How can we bridge the gender divide? An event on Wednesday at this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas sought to address the issue from several... read more

Gender pay gap falls 0.5% for full-timers

The average gender pay gap for full-time workers stands at 8.6% – its lowest level yet, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).... read more

Reduced access to justice and other backward moves noted in equality report

Reduced access to justice

Alarming reductions in access to justice, increasing child poverty and a weakened safety net for the poorest, growing challenges for those with... read more

‘Crisis of trust’ in BBC outlined in report on equal pay

The BBC has failed to live up to its duty of advancing equality of opportunity by paying far less to women working in comparable jobs to men,... read more

‘Firms failing to modernise their offering to freelances’

Few UK companies are fully prepared to modernise their approach to attract and retain the specialist skills increasingly supplied by the freelance... read more

All combat roles now open to women

The Defence Secretary has announced that all roles in the military are now open to women. Gavin Williamson said women already serving in the Army are... read more

An agile workforce for a fast-moving world of work

The fast-moving nature of today’s working world means that employers often need rapid access to skilled workers on a project by project basis.... read more