Equality, diversity and inclusion

Skills for Care’s Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England warned that the vacancy rate was still three times higher than that of the wider economy.

The new government confirmed that it would bring forward an Employment Rights Bill in the King’s Speech today (17 July)...

Microsoft has joined other US companies like Zoom and Tesla in cutting DEI employee numbers.

Ucas has decided to ditch the 4,000-character personal statement from university application forms.

Nearly half (48%) of neurodivergent employees do not feel recruitment processes are fair, with many reporting bias and negative attitudes.

Equality watchdog updates guidance for job ads providing more clarity around 'occupational requirements', particularly in relation to sex.

People with convictions face challenges getting into and progressing in work, but a mentoring scheme involving experienced HR professionals is...

Telecoms giant BT Group is to roll out a new family leave policy for its UK employees from 1 January 2025.

Dr Emily Andrews from the Centre for Ageing Better argues that ageist employers harm both themselves and the economy.

James Timpson, the new prisons minister, is seeking to boost the number of companies that actively recruit from behind bars.

Pregnant worker learned of her redundancy and received a line of laughing emojis from her boss, tribunal hears.

Britain's equality watchdog has launched a consultation on planned updates to guidance around preventing sexual harassment at work.

Sales representative Mark Graham settles his disability discrimination case against Haldane Fisher builders’ merchant for £20,000.

The Co-op has published its first ever socio-economic pay gap report - the first UK retailer to do so.

Six in 10 people (57%) with bipolar feel a lack of understanding about the condition acts as a barrier for them at work.