Marks and Spencer joins Face Equality at Work campaign

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has joined the Face Equality at Work campaign, in an effort to prove its commitment to treating staff with disfigurements both fairly and equally.

In joining the campaign, the retailer has followed companies such as Shell, the Olympic Delivery Authority, Barclays and British Airways.

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

Email(Required)

OptOut

From time to time, we will send you emails about selected products, events and services from Personnel Today and OHW+ - but you can choose to opt-out at any time. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please tick this box.

Phone

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Δ

In January 2008, a public attitude survey of 1,000 people showed that 90% of people are unconsciously negative towards people with disfigurements. The research also showed that people with facial disfigurements are likely to be marginalised because little is expected of them professionally.

Tanith Dodge, director of HR at M&S, said: “The Face Equality campaign is delivering an important message, not just to businesses but to everyone.”