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'Greenism' belief ruling adds to burden on employers

The ruling that an individual's view on climate change is capable of being a philosophical belief akin to religion is most unwelcome for employers.Unfortunately this was a mess waiting to happen following the poorly drafted 2003 Religion and Belief...

Published 6 Nov 2009 4:01 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Equality, corporate social responsibility, discrimination, tribunal, religion, climatechange, belief

'Nameless CV' proposal comes back to haunt HR

Just as you thought you'd heard the last of the 'nameless CV' proposal, it is rearing its ugly head again. Angry HR professionals opposing the idea wrote to us back in May slamming the proposal for job applications to be... Read More...

Published 6 Jul 2009 7:10 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employers, Human Resources, Recruitment, discrimination, equalitybill, cvs

Carers and the Equality Bill

At an event last night held by membership forum Employers for Carers to help celebrate the launch of Carers Week. Nearly one in seven UK workers are carers (according to the 2001 census), with official estimates that claim as many as one in three people...

Published 10 Jun 2009 4:49 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Diversity, corporate social responsibility, discrimination, ehrc, equalitybill, carers, governmentequalitiesoffice

Positive action could lead to claims of discrimination

The one provision of the Equality Bill which I find troubling is the idea that employers will be able to recruit people from an under-represented group when there are candidates of equal merit. One problem with this is that in the real... Read More.....

Published 27 Apr 2009 7:44 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Recruitment, Equality, Diversity, discrimination, equalitybill, equalrights, positiveaction

Discrimination | Fifa faces uphill struggle for six-plus-five concept

Apologies up front for anyone annoyed that their month-long football respite is being so rudely interrupted by an HR website, but this is about employment more than football. Honest. Chelsea's chief executive Peter Kenyon has defended the dominance...

Published 29 Jul 2008 4:53 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: discrimination, ec, fifa, football, europe

Equality | Some light bedtime reading...

The government has published its response to the consultation it held before drafting the Equality Bill. The document can be downloaded here. Be warned - it's a weighty piece of work (more than 200 pages long) but the executive summary is useful....

Published 23 Jul 2008 9:23 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Politics, pay, Equality, Diversity, discrimination, equality bill, tribunals

Job interviews | Accent discrimination hits record levels

Brummies beware - a whopping 76% of employers have discriminated against job applicants because of their accents, with candidates from Birmingham the worst hit. A study by law firm and prolific survey producers Peninsula found that 'accent discrimination'...

Published 24 Jun 2008 9:15 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employers, Recruitment, Diversity, interviews, jobs, accent, discrimination

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