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Equality, diversity and human rights

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  • Date:
    1 May 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Supreme Court ruling and EHRC latest: How should HR respond?

    Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman, according to the Equality Act 2010, is based on biological sex.

  • Date:
    24 April 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Supporting men's health in the workplace - a holistic approach to wellbeing

    In this webinar, workplace wellbeing and training specialist Debbie Kleiner, and nutrition coach Liam Holmes discuss practical strategies to foster a healthier, more supportive work environment for male employees.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Employer took all reasonable steps to prevent harassment

    In Campbell v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the trust had taken all reasonable steps to prevent an employee making a racially abusive comment to the union branch secretary and that it did not take place in the course of his employment.

  • Date:
    22 April 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Five practical ways to maintain DEI initiatives in challenging times

    As diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives come under increasing pressure owing to the changing political climate, Georgie Williams sets out some steps organisations can take to protect underrepresented workers.

  • Date:
    17 April 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - what's new, what's been dropped?

    In October 2024 the Government launched a major overhaul of employment law in the form of the Employment Rights Bill. A number of important amendments have been introduced since the proposed legislation was first published. Stephen Simpson, principal editor at Brightmine, joins the podcast to provide an update and help HR departments prepare for the changes.

  • Date:
    16 April 2025
    Type:
    News

    Supreme Court: legal definition of woman based on biological sex

    The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Equal pay: scope of protection

    Updated with information on the Call for evidence on equality law.

  • Date:
    9 April 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay gaps research 2025

    With pay gap analysis back in the spotlight, our research examines current practice in UK organisations - including employee data collection and types of pay analysis undertaken, as well as employer readiness for ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.

  • Date:
    9 April 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Are you making the most of your gender pay gap data?

    Now that the annual deadline has passed, it is a good time to analyse your organisation's gender pay gap calculation in detail. Understanding your data is key to developing strategies to move forward and make progress.

  • Date:
    7 April 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Gender pay gap: Findings from 2024 reporting

    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.

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