Equality, diversity and inclusion

The top priority for HR teams in the coming year is adapting to the Employment Rights Bill, according to research by law firm Freeths.

Female chief executives face double standards over how their performance is judged to a far greater extent than men, according to new research.

Ethnic minority graduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds are 45% less likely to be offered an entry-level professional role than more advantaged white applicants.

Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’

Employers need to be better at recognising, and supporting, the differing physical and mental health needs of women throughout their...

Research documents good practice including how to manage performance in neurodiverse teams and the benefit of small changes.

GMC announces that female doctors are greater in number than their male counterparts for the first time ever in the UK.

Solicitors Regulation Authority orders BNP Paribas lawyer to pay £31,000 after using nicknames such as ‘Pol Pot’ and ‘Jabba the Hutt’.

Former newsreader Huw Edwards has not paid back around £200,000 in salary he was asked to return to the BBC following his arrest and resignation.

Dan James Smith of the LGB Alliance Business Forum warns that allowing trans ideology in workplace diversity policy has its risks.

Most frequently asked questions during February include queries about Ramadan and dismissals on the grounds of ill health.

The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission wrote to NHS Fife last month to remind the trust that changing rooms should include separate facilities for men and women.

Research found that a quarter (26%) of working women were not promoted in pay, benefits or position in 2024, compared with just a fifth (20%) of men.

The number of women forced out of work for getting pregnant or taking maternity leave has gone up by 37% since 2016.

Engineering professor unfairly dismissed by the University of Edinburgh awarded more than £1m after a 13-year legal battle.