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- Date:
- 15 August 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
XpertHR principal employment law editor Stephen Simpson argues that the blithe devaluing of equality, diversity and inclusion training by senior government figures fails to take account of the practical and legal benefits that such training brings for employers, especially if they are facing an employment tribunal.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three employment tribunal cases that involved the provision of equality, diversity and inclusion training in the workplace.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
Enhanced with a new version of the model policy, with the example wording reflecting an organisation's commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion at work, including how this commitment is put into practice.
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- Date:
- 10 August 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Two recent high-profile rulings have something important to say about direct religion or belief discrimination. However, both deal with a controversial topic - how an employer should deal with an employee who does not accept its approach to trans rights - so it is easy to miss that lying behind the controversy an important legal principle is being fought over, says consultant editor Darren Newman.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
A guide that explains the main stages of the journey through which employers progress as their approach to equality, diversity and inclusion matures.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Leading practice guide considering the principles that underpin an inclusive workplace in respect of religion and belief.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Reilly v RT Management Bridgeton Ltd, an employment tribunal held that a line manager's failure to address an employee's request to have a sanitary waste disposal bin placed in the staff toilet because she was "the only female of menstruating age who used the toilet" constituted sex discrimination.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model policy to set out the rights of staff affected by menstrual symptoms and explain the support available to them.
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- Type:
- How to
Practical guidance on creating a culture that provides psychological safety for employees, including by promoting constructive dialogue and destigmatising failure.
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- Date:
- 21 June 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
UK employers have rushed to source Ukrainian talent displaced by war, keen to help them rebuild their lives, as well as access their skills in a tight labour market. Could this usher in a fairer future for all refugees, writes Mursal Hedayat?