Equality, diversity and human rights
The deadline for gender pay gap reporting has now passed and more than 10,000 organisations have shared information on their gender pay and bonus gaps. We report on the headline data and unearth some of the trends.
The Court of Appeal has been making the headlines after it found in Higgs v Farmor's School and others that a Christian school assistant's dismissal for social media posts expressing opposition to the ideas of transgenderism, gender fluidity and same-sex marriage was discriminatory. But did the headlines capture the essence of the court's ruling?
To help HR leaders develop their strategies to tackle the practical and cultural challenges of recent and upcoming additions to anti-harassment legislation, Brightmine and HR Grapevine convened a roundtable discussion. During the event, industry professionals shared the key issues they currently encounter in dealing with workplace harassment.
Following significant changes in autumn 2024, the Government's Employment Rights Act 2025 promises further reforms to the harassment laws, including the introduction of explicit new third-party harassment liability. Employment judge Tina Elliott looks at the history of third-party harassment law, the current position and the changes on the horizon.
Motherhood is at the heart of a lot of policies in the contemporary workplace, where the narrative often focuses around an ideal that everyone is or wants to be a mother. This can be incredibly excluding for non-mothers. It's great to provide policies and benefits that support parents, says Caroline Green, but how can you supplement your support for everyone else?
In the first of a new series delving into the details of the Employment Rights Act 2025, we look at the plan to require large employers to publish an action plan on the steps that they are taking to address the gender pay gap and support employees going through the menopause.
Although the formal Bill is yet to be published, the Government has outlined plans to require organisations with 250 and more employees to report their ethnicity and disability pay data. To prepare HR leaders for this change, Brightmine and HR Grapevine convened a roundtable discussion to address the practical and cultural challenges of expanded pay gap reporting.
From 26 October 2024, employers of any size in England, Wales and Scotland have a specific duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of workers in the course of their employment. As the implementation date approaches, what should HR professionals be doing to ensure that their organisation is ready to comply with the new duty?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published updated guidance on how employers should deal with sexual harassment in the workplace.
Ideas about nationality and citizenship influence our perspectives on "belonging" and what that looks like in a healthy workplace environment. Here, Georgie Williams considers how we can foster ideas of belonging that defy the constraints of national borders and anxieties around cultural differences.
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