Coventry University's decision not to promote a lecturer with ADHD and a sleep disorder was not disability discrimination.
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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Nearly one in three employees have experienced some form of microaggression or discrimination from managers in the past six months.
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The youth economic inactivity rate continues to rise significantly, unlike other age groups, according to the ONS.
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A black African sonographer has won more than £33,000 for racial harassment and discrimination at an employment tribunal.
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Staff at the Alan Turing Institute have expressed concern about its commitment to diversity, after it appointed four men into senior roles.
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Octopus Energy expects to create up to 4,000 jobs this year, launching a same-day hiring festival to quickly onboard talent.
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Private companies are lagging behind the FTSE 350 when it comes to ethnic diversity on their boards, the Parker Review 2024 report has found.Â
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A report from international development organisation the World Bank that exposes a ‘massive’ gender gap across the global workforce.
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Fewer NHS England staff are experiencing musculoskeletal problems or feeling unwell due to work-related stress, the 2023 staff survey finds.
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Health workers in England are facing record levels of discrimination from the public, the NHS staff survey for 2023 reveals.
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Statutory paternity leave changes, which will apply to parents of children born on or after 6 April 2024, have been enacted.
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Nationwide Building Society is considering buying Virgin Money for £2.9bn, and expects to retain all staff if the deal goes ahead.
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Wages will not return to 2008 levels for another two years, the Resolution Foundation claims.
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John Lewis Partnership and the Co-op have become the latest major retailers to announce 2024 pay rises for frontline staff.
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A group of health workers with long Covid who believe they caught the virus at work are taking their claim...