Equality, diversity and inclusion

The government has quietly scrapped a scheme designed to help disabled people and vulnerable individuals find jobs

An investigation has found that former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton used ‘offensive and outdated’ terms when discussing a job...

Senior manager loses claim for discrimination against his non-feminist belief, after tribunal rules he was the ‘author of his own downfall’.

Most prison officers in Scotland feel their retirement age of 68 is unfair compared with other uniformed services who can retire earlier.

Board gender quotas fail to increase the number of women appointed to the executive suite, research has found.

Tribunal finds the Department for Work and Pensions treated an autistic work coach unfavourably and failed to make reasonable adjustments for him.

A guardsman in the British Army has won a claim of race discrimination and harassment against the Ministry of Defence.

A 66-year-old waste worker who was offered a chair by a colleague has lost an age discrimination case.

Academics have questioned the robustness of a widely-quoted study that links ethnic diversity in leadership with financial performance.

HR chief for Europe Dannii Portsmouth tells Personnel Today how the drinks giant is focusing on employee experience.

Consultation launched on proposals to reduce barriers for younger people to train and work as bus and lorry drivers.

The best way of improving diversity within companies is by improving culture, not by imposing quotas, writes Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab, commenting on problems at Goldman Sachs.

A four-day work week could risk widening existing inequalities between workers, a report commissioned for the Welsh Government has warned. 

The Department for Work and Pensions has published a new disability confident guide to help employers better support disabled people.

How can law firms really address diversity and inclusion in a sector that has traditionally lagged behind?