Equality, diversity and human rights

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• Date:

  28 February 2023

  Type:

  News

  FTSE 350 firms reach women on boards target three years early

  FTSE 350 companies have met their target for women on boards three years ahead of their deadline, with two-fifths (40.2%) of board positions now held by women.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Sex discrimination: Inadequate provision of toilet facilities

  In Earl Shilton Town Council v Miller, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer's provision of inadequate toilet facilities for women was direct sex discrimination.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Global anti-harassment and anti-bullying policy

  A model policy to set out your commitment to preventing harassment and bullying at work throughout your global operation as part of a wider strategy to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.

• Date:

  30 January 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Ways to accelerate DEI progress in 2023 and beyond

  Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) continues to gain frequent mentions as one of the top trends affecting HR in 2023. But are many employers still falling short when it comes to meaningfully advancing DEI initiatives? And is it still a priority at an organisation's highest levels?

• Date:

  17 January 2023

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Key employment cases of 2022/2023

  We reflect on the key decisions from last year and look forward to the case law trends likely to emerge in 2023. These include cases on: gender identity, holiday pay, coronavirus-related health and safety cases, industrial action, and dismissal and re-engagement.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Disability discrimination: Adjustments should have been made to redundancy selection process

  In Jandu v Marks and Spencer plc ET/2200275/21, an employment tribunal held that the retailer had breached its duty to make reasonable adjustments by failing to discount any disability-related effects when assessing the employee against the redundancy selection criteria.

• Date:

  13 January 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

  We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

• Date:

  10 January 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Why the EU's adoption of the Women on Boards directive matters

  Last October, the Council of the EU adopted the Women on Boards directive, which is aimed at improving the gender imbalance among directors and those in senior roles in listed companies. The UK should take note despite Brexit, writes Fieldfisher's head of employment, Ranjit Dhindsa.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Supporting disabled employees and job candidates: Monitoring

  We discuss how to evaluate the success of your strategies to attract and retain disabled employees.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Supporting disabled employees and job candidates: Reasonable adjustments

  We explore how to approach reasonable adjustments for disabled employees to enable them to perform to the best of their ability.