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Maternity leave | New mother 'excluded' from office Xmas party
An employee on maternity leave has shared that she felt discriminated against after finding out her employer...
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‘Be less white’ | Coca-Cola slammed after D&I training
Soft drinks firm Coca-Cola has come under fire following the sharing of training slides to social me...
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Diversity | Which industry is still 98% led by white men?
Diversity & Inclusion gets a lot of airtime these days but is it that companies aren't doing enough...
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Sexism | Outrage at HSBC as women offered vacuum cleaners in staff deal
Men were offered laptops and cameras, while women were presented with kitchen appliances...
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Adidas | Employees ask Board to launch probe into HR chief
According to numerous outlets, a group of employees at the sportswear firm have asked the Board to investigate...
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'HR scramble' | Savills under pressure after employee's account posts racist Euro 2020 tweet
The HR team will likely be scrambling to make sure that the tweet furore doesn't last longer than it...
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Discrimination | Disabled employee fired 'for eating a pear'
A former UPS worker has claimed that the postal service firm fired him for eating a pear because bosses...
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Leaked memo | Google HR at centre of alleged pregnancy discrimination
While it is unlawful to discriminate against an employee on the basis of pregnancy or maternity, a Google...
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Inclusion | Why BBC asked staff to use gendered pronouns in emails
To be more inclusive to transgender employees, the broadcasting behemoth, BBC, has asked staff to state...
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Gender equality | BBC hired woman presenter because of 'pressure from the top'
Former Radio 2 Presenter Simon Mayo said that Jo Wiley was hired so the BBC could be...
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No more champions | UK firm cuts 'masculine' words from job ads and gets THIS result
After Thames Water found that just eight per cent of applications for sewage works technicians roles...
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Whistleblower tribunal | HR Director took 'no action' over sexual harassment claims
The HR Director at Sellafield nuclear site took “no action” following allegations of sexual harassment,...
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PinkNews exclusive | COO on why training can't 'just pay lip-service to inclusion'
Alex Ehmcke, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at PinkNews, spoke to HR Grapevine about how HR teams can...
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Discrimination | Employee sacked after racial slur used at work
While discrimination is viewed as a serious HR issue, the server claimed that after raising the racial...
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'Vague & unhelpful' | Companies could be told: 'Ditch use of BAME label'
Following the news that the racial disparities commission set up by the Prime Minister is allegedly set...
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Boris on HR | How does PM Boris Johnson score on HR?
With a change of Prime Minister, HR Grapevine has looked at whether Boris..
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D&I | Lewis Hamilton's colleagues axed over 'racist bullying'
One colleague was allegedly called a “Muslim terrorist f***” and a poll was reportedly launched in...
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Starling Bank | Lawyer sacked after sick days and WFH request gets £1.1m compensation
This news story looks at the recent compensation amount given to an employee who was sacked after asking...
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Discrimination | Starbucks caught in racism row despite training
The coffee chain has found themselves embroiled in a second racism row after an employee asked for a...
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Diversity | Microsoft slammed for 'discriminatory hiring'
In an internal message board, numerous Microsoft employees questioned the firm's pro-diversity stance...
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