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Equality, diversity and human rights

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  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Discrimination: Burden of proof, time limits and remedies

    Updated to include a reference to the Government's amendment to the Employment Rights Bill concerning tribunal time limits, tabled during the committee stage.

  • Date:
    25 November 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting - five tips to help organisations improve their data and outcomes

    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.

  • Date:
    21 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Fireside Chat with National Deaf Children's Society

    In this 30 minute fireside chat, Penne Cecil Hutton, Compensation Planning Expert at Brightmine, talks to Kate Taylor, People Project Lead at National Deaf Children's Society, about the journey they went through to implement a robust compensation and rewards strategy that met their unique business needs.

  • Date:
    21 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: What changes should HR prepare for from the Employment Rights Bill?

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson analyse the key proposals in the Bill and offer advice on how HR can begin to prepare for the changes.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Coming soon

    Updated to include details of our upcoming webinar, which will include 2025 pay and benefits reviews, and our regular update of the economy, labour market and pay-setting environment. 

  • Date:
    20 November 2024
    Type:
    News

    Class pay gap: Working-class professionals paid 12% less

    Professionals from working-class backgrounds across the UK are effectively no longer being paid for their work from today until the end of the year because of the class pay gap.

  • Date:
    20 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill Q&A

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson answer questions on different aspects of the Bill, from the timeline for the measures coming into effect to the nuances of the proposed unfair dismissal and fire and rehire changes.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Cases on appeal

    Updated to reflect that the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in ADP RPO v De Bank Haycocks on 29 October 2024.  

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Advancing gender equality in the workplace: Barriers to gender equality, diversity and inclusion

    Updated with the latest gender pay gap figures, as reported in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2024.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Dates for your diary

    Updated to include dates for January including minimum wage increases, Festival of Sleep Day, World Braille Day and Samaritans' Brew Monday.

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