Returnships
HRD Summit 2020: ‘Stop setting diversity targets’
HR professionals need to stop setting diversity targets and instead think about what cultural indicators they want to see across...
Roadmap encourages employers to tackle ‘lifetime’ gender inequality
Action needs to be taken by individual organisations and at a sector-wide level to close the gender pay gap and...
Boost apprenticeship access for women to increase diversity
The government should remove any barriers preventing young women embarking on apprenticeships, according to a report published today by the...
Virgin Money strikes right balance for Diversity & Inclusion (Private Sector) Award win
With its sixth Personnel Today Awards win in seven years, Virgin Money again wowed the judges; this time with its...
Government reveals fund to help vulnerable women return to work
The Government Equalities Office is to shift its focus to helping women who are economically inactive or are in low-paid...
Building the business case for returnships
Returnships are high on the corporate agenda as employers seek experienced talent and boost diversity. Emma Page looks at the...
Gender pay gap: PwC bans male-only candidate shortlists
Accountancy giant PwC will no longer allow shortlists of candidates for any jobs in the UK that consist only of...
Part-time work in senior roles on the rise, according to Timewise
A quarter of workers would rather work part time, for less money, if they knew it would have no impact...
Parents reveal struggle to balance work and home life
Almost one in five (18%) working parents have deliberately slowed down their career progression as they have struggled to balance...
Civil service departments reveal gender pay gap
A number of civil service departments have published their gender pay gaps today, with the Department for Transport recording the...
London Borough of Enfield scoops Award for Innovation in Recruitment
As a public sector organisation competing for skills with private companies, the London Borough of Enfield’s success in finding innovative...
Balancing work and life: Why flexibility is a two-way street
Even fast-growing companies need to keep an eye on retaining talented employees as their work and home responsibilities change. This...
Minister for Women Anne Milton on why returnships matter
As the Government announces four new returnship programmes for the public sector and launches a consultation on how to support...
Conservatives outline commitments on workers’ rights
Workers will be able to take up to one year’s leave to care for an elderly relative under wide-ranging plans...
Gender pay gap reporting: 5 April marks first snapshot date
Today is the first “snapshot” date that large employers must use to report their gender pay gap.
Private- and voluntary-sector...
