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'Frat culture' | Employee alleges promotion denied over pregnancy
A female employee claimed she faced pregnancy discrimination in a firm that operated as a 'fraternity...
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Empathy & responsbility | What can HR learn from Gareth Southgate?
Despite losing to Italy at Euro 2020, Southgate embodies many aspects of modern management that HR s...
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Trump | LGBT+ workplace discrimination could become legal in US
The current administration believes that firing LGBT+ workers is not currently protected under the Civil...
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Discrimination | Should vegans be exempt from tea rounds?
Are you inadvertently subjecting a colleague to discrimination in the workplace...
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‘Botched Tory economics’ | New mandatory reporting threshold - which workers will it affect?
The government's change to reporting thresholds is set to impact thousands of businesses around the...
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Sexism | Do you live in the UK city with the worst gender pay gap?
Each year, HR and senior leaders work in tandem to close the gender pay gap and promote equal...
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Gender pay | PM hopeful shares controversial views on key HR issues
The ex-Brexit secretary once wrote 'corporate gender quotas won't work…'
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Discrimination | Cara Delevingne told to 'get beard' for career gain
The actress claimed that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein told her 'to get a beard' to cover up...
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‘Hidden epidemic' | 7 in 10 LGBT+ employees report being sexually harassed at work
New research from the TUC has found that 68% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people...
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Sex discrimination | Pregnant policewoman stripped of duties wins discrimination case
PC Natalie Town's superiors gave her desk-bound duties despite...
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Stonewall | THIS firm named UK's top LGBT+ employer
These companies are considered the most LGBT-friendly organisations within the UK...
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Gender inequality | Why female leaders are seen as 'conniving'
'Accounts told my employees suggest that senior women are considered cold or 'bitchy'…
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Equality | Glastonbury organiser says men refuse to deal with her
Daughter of Glastonbury's founder, Emily Eavis, said that the hardest part of her job is dealing wit...
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LGBT+ | Google employees warned over Pride protests
Following 12 months of questionable reports from Google's HQ, the company has now...
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Gender pay | BBC's sky-high salaries reveal SHOCKING discrepancies
The broadcaster has come under fire for its lack of equal pay following the announcements of its top...
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The Guardian | Trans ex-employee brands organisation 'incredibly transphobic'
In an email sent to staff members, the employee wrote that the newspaper's 'transphobic' reporting...
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Emma Watson | Harry Potter star launches workplace harassment helpline
Advocate of Time's Up movement Emma Watson...
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Beliefs | Employers must protect 'ethical vegans'
In a new ruling, 'ethical veganism' will now be considered a philosophical belief whose followers will...
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Gender pay gap | Asda accused of 'exploiting & undervaluing' female staff amid equal pay row
Asda has been accused of 'exploiting and undervaluing' female workers by paying them less than some...
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‘Family Bond' policy | Volvo offers staff members 24 weeks paid parental leave
The firm's 'Family Bond' policy will give all staff with at least one year's service a total...
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