Equality, diversity and human rights

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• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Unconscious bias training: What you need to know before you start

  Unconscious bias training has been part of the diversity and inclusion practitioners' toolkit for a number of years, but criticism from both sides of the political spectrum has many questioning its impact on our rights, workplaces and communities. In the first of two articles, Gareth Buchanan shares his views on why unconscious bias training has been making headlines of its own.

• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Long COVID: Potential scenarios for HR and how to deal with them

  We set out some possible scenarios that HR professionals may face in relation to long COVID, and explain how they could tackle them.

• Date:

  19 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Diversity, equality and inclusion: Five common misconceptions and mistakes

  What do we really understand about diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI)? Interest in DEI has boomed in recent years - both in the wider political spheres of the Western world and in a more focused way in the workplace. Georgie Williams explores five common misconceptions we hold, and mistakes we make, around DEI, and explains how to implement effective change.

• Date:

  6 July 2021

  Type:

  Case studies

  How Masthaven Bank improved gender diversity across senior roles

  Masthaven Bank talks to XpertHR about its Women in Leadership initiative, a programme to improve gender diversity across senior roles in the business.

• Date:

  29 June 2021

  Type:

  Case studies

  How Plymouth Citybus closed its gender pay gap

  Plymouth Citybus speaks to XpertHR about how it successfully closed its gender pay gap through a combination of pay rises for its lowest-paid, predominantly female, job families and a restructuring of its senior management grades.

• Date:

  17 June 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Creating a transgender inclusive workplace

  Joanne Lockwood, transgender awareness specialist, shares her experience as a transgender woman in the workplace and explores how organisations can cultivate transgender inclusive practices.

• Date:

  16 June 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Gender-critical beliefs - the implications of the EAT's recent decision

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the belief that "biological sex is real, important, immutable and not to be conflated with gender identity" is a protected philosophical belief. Consultant editor Darren Newman explores the implications of the EAT's decision.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Religion or belief discrimination: Gender-critical belief is protected, EAT holds

  In Forstater v CGD Europe and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the consultant's belief that sex is biologically immutable amounts to a philosophical belief within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.

• Date:

  8 June 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Neurodiversity: how accessible is your recruitment process?

  Organisations need to devote more thought to neurodiversity - a less visible and obvious form of diversity - and appreciate that intelligence comes in many forms. They can start by improving their recruitment processes and making themselves more accessible, argues Dr Louise Karwowski.

• Date:

  8 June 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Three steps to becoming LGBTQ+ inclusive all year round

  With Pride Month in full swing, Lynne Hardman shares three ways organisations can ensure support for the LGBTQ+ community all year round.