Reports show that gender diversity at companies leads to markedly better performance, yet most executives don’t have a clear plan for achieving it. This section will offer insight into how some companies are achieving their gender diversity targets, plus the latest news and opinion on the topic of diversity at work as a whole.
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Lloyd's of London has launched a guide to trans and non binary inclusion. read more
Dr Miranda Brawn spoke on a recent Forward Ladies webinar about her career path from... read more
The Arts Council England's annual report on diversity and inclusion shows there is still a... read more
The Women and Equalities Committee has asked the Minister for Women and Equalities to... read more
The Transition Out of Lockdown Toolkit is now available for HR professionals and business owners.
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From hospitality to supermarkets, employers are facing very different issues during Covid, but good employers - even those who are hard hit by the... read more
An online exhibition of Black scientists and a panel discussion about Black women scientists aims to encourage more Black students into STEM careers. read more
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development has published a new guide to help HR advisers have open conversations about race in the... read more
Consultant Suzanne Doyle-Morris' new book argues that a certain type of confidence has been overhyped – to the disadvantage of many, including... read more
A new report from the CBI and Pertemps finds some firms still hiring, while the rest are reducing or freezing jobs, but action on diversity and... read more
A Chartered Management Institute survey shows managers anticipate women's careers to be disproportionately negatively impacted by childcare issues. read more
Bank of America is to evaluate asset managers who work with its clients for their policies and practices around diversity and inclusion. read more
workingmums.co.uk has published a white paper on its recent roundtable with employers on the well being challenges of working during a pandemic and... read more
workingmums.co.uk held a virtual roundtable on diversity and inclusion post-Covid-19 in July with a range of different employers. The below is our... read more
workingmums.co.uk held a virtual roundtable with employers from across industry in June to discuss agile working at a time of coronavirus and how it... read more
workingmums.co.uk is publishing a white paper on its virtual roundtable in May on the transition back to work, looking at the way leading companies... read more
When a role in your team becomes vacant your first priority is to fill it, so that work can continue as normal. Advertising the vacancy might slow the... read more
A new report finds a growing gender pay gap between male and female apprentices. read more
The Samira Ahmed case highlights the need for pay transparency and for being open to questioning the way things have traditionally been done. read more
The EHRC has published new guidance on how to protect employees from harassment, victimisation and discrimination. read more
A new study in Denmark shows gender pay legislation helps close the gender pay gap by slowing male wage growth and increasing female promotion. read more
A new white paper from workingmums.co.uk highlights the main points from a roundtable discussion among leading employers of the best ways to attract... read more
A report from the Fawcett Society says the UK is “generations away” from achieving gender equality as women remain seriously underrepresented in... read more
