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£40k payout | HR worker sacked during maternity leave was left 'unable to feed newborn'
A mum who was fired while on maternity leave has been awarded more £40,000 after a tribunal ruled that...
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Black History Month | 2 in 5 Black workers are quitting jobs over lack of diversity
Almost half of Black employees in Britain have left their jobs due to a lack of diversity in their workplace,...
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'Racist quiz' | Sacked PwC execs dressed as 'Wuhan bats' and 'mocked Chinese accents' at work event
Two executives at accounting firm PwC have been sacked for performing 'racist sketches' at a company...
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'Ageism' | 16-year-old takes employer to tribunal after being told to 'grow up'
Whilst all professionals should moderate the language that they use in the workplace, a recent tribunal...
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'Evil' | Employee claims she was forced to work in baby clothes department after miscarriage
A shop worker was allegedly made to work in the baby section of their store despite having recently suffered...
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Proximity bias | 1 in 5 fear remote working will harm their career progression
Whilst over 44% of professionals see hybrid working as a key benefit of modern working life, one in five...
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Controversial 'joke' | Netflix suspends trans worker who crashed exec meeting to protest comedy show
Netflix has reportedly suspended a band of employees for crashing an executive meeting to protest a new...
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'Ladies & gentlemen' | British Airways to stop using gender-specific language in equality push
Frequent flyers will be no stranger to the requisite introduction given by flight crew that generally...
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Gender pay gap | Parity between men & women HASN'T improved during pandemic, figures show
With the October 5 deadline for gender pay gap reporting now passed, new data has found that the average...
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'Daily' slurs | Tesla HR boss HITS BACK online after firm's £100m racial abuse payout
Tesla must pay £100m for failing to stop a black former worker from being racially abused, the...
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Equality | Does HR have a diversity problem?
A new report has shed light on diversity gaps within the HR sector...
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D&I | Over half of women say remote working could boost their careers
According to a survey commissioned by the BBC, 56% of UK females say their job opportunities have been...
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D&I dread | 1 in 3 workers fear diversity schemes could cost them their job
One in three employees fear that an unintended consequence of increased awareness around D&I would be...
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Inclusion | Bi Visibility Day - what is it and how can HR help?
Bi Visibility Day 2021 is underway across the world. Marked each year since 1999, the event is set up...
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'Spoilt & entitled' | 'LAZY' home workers just want to 'doss on the sofa', boss rants on LinkedIn
A recruiter has come under fire for labelling employees who want to work from home as “lazy” people...
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Pay parity | Should firms back ethnicity salary gap reports?
8 out of ten managers want to see their firm introduce greater transparency around ethnicity pay gaps,...
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Black Lives Matter | NHS offers training to help staff 'understand white privilege'
NHS staff are reportedly being offered 'Black Lives Matter courses' as part of a new diversity awareness...
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'Chick' & 'babe' | HR boss blames #MeToo movement after being sacked over 'sexist' comments
A funeral home manager was sacked after allegedly referring to female colleagues using sexist and 'demeaning'...
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Social inequality | Is PwC about to reveal it pays working class staff LESS?
PwC is reportedly set to publish data about the pay gap between its employees from different...
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Out of retirement | Hiring over-70s could add BILLIONS to UK economy and create 'vibrant' workforce
One in ten over-70s are choosing to either head back to work as a direct result of the pandemic, leading...
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