Category: Equality & Diversity

Women; fine tune your networking skills

With International Women’s Day earlier this week there has been a large amount of focus on women in business. The gender pay gap is slowly reducing with recent research reporting the figure moving from 9.6% in 2014 to 9.4% in April 2015. However we suggest that women are more proactive taking steps to negotiate themselves a […]

September 19, 2016

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Employers should start measuring gender pay gap

Jenny Jones, 10 December 2015 Checklist of suggested action points for HR to follow For years many senior leaders have found it hard to believe that the UK’s 19.1 per cent gender pay gap is an issue of relevance to their own organisation. This presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the HR profession, […]

September 19, 2016

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Equal pay debate

I’m getting a tiny bit (OK, BIG bit!) enraged and I’m not alone. Meryl Streep is enraged with me. I know it’s an age old debate, but why, 44 years after the Equal Pay Act was introduced, are we still unable to pay women and men the same rate for equal work? What got me […]

September 19, 2016

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Managing Dyslexia at work

We all know a bit about dyslexia, but do you know that it comes under the Equality Act 2010. Do you also know that employers have a duty to help sufferers in the workplace? This article will help you understand your responsibility towards any dyslexic people you may employ. Government figures estimate that about 4% […]

September 19, 2016

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How to Produce an Equal Opportunities Policy

  Why do you need an Equal Opportunities Policy?  Who is it for?  What should it include?  Read on to get the answers to these questions and more…. Why do you need an Equal Opportunities Policy? In order to comply with the statutory prohibitions on discrimination and to avoid unlawful discriminatory practices. It promotes equality in […]

September 19, 2016

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Diversity and Equality

Ok, pop quiz! So what is Diversity and Equality?

a) Paying everyone the same
b) Working with ex-offenders
c) Recruiting people of all ages from all backgrounds
d) Making your workplace more disability friendly
e) All of the above?

September 19, 2016

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