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Diversity and inclusion

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  • Date:
    4 May 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Brain fog: The menopause symptom impacting women at work

    A recent TV special highlighting the challenges of menopause showed the difficulties faced by many women around "brain fog" at work. Kathy Abernethy looks at how employers can support female employees to thrive through education and awareness.

  • Date:
    21 March 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    How can HR use "microlearning" to maximise the impact of D&I training?

    For many people, properly understanding diversity and inclusion (D&I), and learning to navigate D&I issues in a business context, can be overwhelming. Stuart Affleck, Director at D&I consultants Brook Graham from Pinsent Masons Vario, looks at how "microlearning" can help staff retain their D&I training.

  • Date:
    3 February 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Don't forget workers with disabilities in your D&I efforts

    Most organisations would consider themselves open to increasing inclusion and belonging for all employees. However, too often diversity initiatives fail to focus on workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities, explains Agata Nowakowska.

  • Date:
    28 October 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Ethnicity pay gap: Lords debate mandatory reporting

    A House of Lords debate on the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay reporting outlined why this issue needs a business case, not just a moral imperative. Ranjit Dhindsa, head of employment, pensions, immigration and compliance at Fieldfisher, examines the issues.

  • Date:
    28 October 2021
    Type:
    Case studies

    How LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group has prioritised and progressed its diversity work

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group (RSG) talks to XpertHR about how the business has made diversity and inclusion a priority over the past four years, the challenges it faced along the way and the progress it has made.

  • Date:
    19 October 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Diversity and inclusion questions we shy away from asking

    Most people want to say and do the right thing when it comes to diversity and inclusion but often hold back from asking questions out of a fear of being judged. We put some of those often unasked, and sometimes provocative, questions to Joy Stephens, a US-based diversity, equality and inclusion consultant.

  • Date:
    7 October 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Disability inclusion at work - the why and the how

    Karen Jackson, founder-director of Didlaw, and Jen Rooney, workplace wellbeing and disability inclusion specialist, discuss how organisations can advance disability inclusion in their workplace.

  • Date:
    27 July 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Unconscious bias training: Make your strategy and workshops a success

    In his second article on unconscious bias training, Gareth Buchanan sets out the practical steps that you can take to make your unconscious bias training a success and to maximise the impact it has on your organisation's diversity and inclusion strategy.

  • Date:
    22 July 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Diversity and inclusion - closing the gap between rhetoric and action

    Committing to a more diverse and inclusive workplace is one thing. Achieving it is another. In this webinar, you will learn how to bridge the gap between your organisation's good intentions and meaningful action - without fear of getting things wrong.

  • Date:
    20 July 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Six steps to embedding a diversity and inclusion strategy

    Having a diverse and inclusive workplace is important not only ethically but also for improving employee morale, boosting innovation and enhancing business success. We set out six practical steps that employers can take to embed diversity and inclusion in the workplace.