11 July 2022
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced millions of pounds of new measures to tackle unemployment amongst the over-50s on benefits.
7 July 2022
On the 50th anniversary of the UK's first “gay pride” march, the TUC has published the results of a poll of around 1000 HR managers which show that 21% of workplaces do not have any policies in place to support their lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) staff at work.
22 June 2022
We reported in October 2021 on a Government inquiry into the menopause and the workplace, which had been launched in advance of World Menopause Day 2021 (see Supportive workplaces needed to help menopausal women).
31 May 2022
Business in the Community (BITC) has published the list of companies who have been named in The Times “Top 50 Employers for Women 2022”, the UK’s well-established listing of employers striving for gender equality in the workplace.
28 April 2022
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published figures which show that disabled workers earn on average £1.93 per hour less than non-disabled employees (a gap of over £3500 per year based on a 35-hour week).
19 April 2022
New research commissioned by Business in the Community (BITC) and Ipsos UK found that 32% of Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse people have left or considered leaving a job because of a lack of flexibility compared with just 21% of white people.
8 April 2022
Hospitals, retailers, hospitality venues and sports clubs are among the organisations which the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is targeting with its new guidance on the law in relation to single-sex spaces.
22 March 2022
In a report entitled Who Cares?, available here, Business in the Community (BITC) has revealed 58% of women saying that caring responsibilities have stopped them applying for promotion or a new job while 19% have left a job because it was too hard to balance work and care.
11 March 2022
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has marked International Women’s Day by unveiling what he described as a world-leading menopause policy that will put in place practical steps to better support women and all colleagues going through menopause transition at City Hall.
10 March 2022
Two new initiatives to level up employment opportunities for women have been launched by Minister for Women, Baroness Stedman-Scott.