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Equality, diversity and human rights

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  • Date:
    15 June 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Supporting Muslims during Eid: Five employer questions

    With the Islamic festival of Eid Al-Adha expected to begin on 28 June, many Muslim employees will be preparing for the celebrations. Sabah Ahmedi, one of the UK's youngest Muslim faith leaders, answers some key questions about supporting employees.

  • Date:
    24 May 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Ethnicity pay gap reporting guidelines: Six key questions answered

    The Government has published guidance for employers that wish to report their ethnicity pay gap. We look at the government guidelines around what data to collect, how to analyse and make sense of the results, and how to develop an action plan to remedy any differences revealed by the data.

  • Date:
    11 May 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Age discrimination - tips, traps and Tribunal cases

    Age discrimination can be a tricky area for employers. In this edition of the podcast, Susie Munro, Senior Legal Editor at XpertHR, leads us on a tour of recent cases that offer examples of how things can go wrong if they are mishandled and provides some tips on avoiding typical age-related traps.

  • Date:
    4 May 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Six tips for engaging people who don't already believe in the benefits of EDI

    Perceptions of "wokeness" are harming inclusion efforts. So how do leaders, tasked with fostering inclusive cultures, respond to this growing and apparently socially acceptable criticism of inclusion culture? Gareth Buchanan offers some helpful tips.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Employment law guides: The complete list

    Our Employment law guides provide accessible and constantly updated guidance on employment law, tailored to the needs of the HR professional. They are constantly updated by internal and external authors, who are experts in their field.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Global research study: Pay equity and transparency

    This global research study of 1,000+ senior business and HR leaders and employees identifies five key findings about the state of today's pay equity and transparency and describes how pay equity and transparency is a critical business lever, not an HR to-do. It offers five calls to action for business and HR leaders to execute to advance progress for better business and talent impact.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Age discrimination: Case law round-up

    We look at four cases in which dismissals of employees in their 50s or 60s were found to amount to direct age discrimination, including two where redundancies were rushed through to avoid enhanced pension payments.

  • Date:
    6 April 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Four key data points on the gender pay gap 2023

    The gender pay gap has declined slightly, although the majority of organisations continue to have a gap in favour of males. We explore a number of statistics covering pay and bonus gaps, with details of broad sector and industry.

  • Date:
    24 March 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2023 employment law changes: Four tasks for HR

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2023. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay.

  • Date:
    1 March 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Ramadan in the workplace: Top tips for employers

    The beginning of Ramadan is an ideal time to remind employers of the importance of supporting Muslim staff who are observing the Islamic holy month. We round up five points for employers to remember during Ramadan.

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