Scottish Parliament staff have been banned from wearing rainbow lanyards to show LGBTQ+ pride to remove perceived bias risk.
Ashleigh Webber
Ashleigh Webber
Ashleigh is editor of OHW+ and HR and wellbeing editor at Personnel Today. Ashleigh's areas of interest include employee health and wellbeing, equality and inclusion and skills development. She has hosted many webinars for Personnel Today, on topics including employee retention, financial wellbeing and menopause support. Prior to joining Personnel Today in 2018, she covered the road transport sector for Commercial Motor and Motor Transport magazines, touching on some of the employment and wellbeing issues experienced by those in road haulage.
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GMB union staff have voted to strike over claims the organisation has failed to act on allegations of a culture of sexism and misogyny.
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The ILO, the UN's workers' rights watchdog, has expressed serious concern over minimum service levels during strikes in the UK.
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Today's approach to mental health has ’gone too far’ and more people with ’mild’ health conditions should get jobs, Mel Stride has said.
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Only a third of organisations that signed the Women in Finance Charter met or exceeded their gender diversity targets in 2023.
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Junior doctors in England have voted to extend their strike mandate by another six months.
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The cost of work-related mental health conditions to the UK economy has doubled, according to AXA's annual Mind Health Index.
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A workplace physiotherapy provider has urged employers to promote activities to improve workers' bone health.
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Teacher supply in England is in a ‘critical state’, with a report warning that below-target recruitment in some subjects, and...
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Ted Baker is set to go into administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk of redundancy.
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Employers need help to develop effective EDI strategies that offer value, a report produced for the Government Equalities Office says.
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The average pay settlement has fallen to 4.8% – its lowest in 18 months – according to analysis of February 2024 pay deals.
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The proportion of ethnic minority workers in NHS England is rising, diversity in leadership is lacking and discrimination is rife.
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Only one in three councils in England have enough childcare places for full-time workers, a charity's survey finds.
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Unions have criticised Tata Steel's decision to close its coke ovens at Port Talbot steelworks months earlier than expected.