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Diversity and inclusion

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  • Date:
    5 May 2020
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the rise of remote recruitment

    With social distancing guidelines and the increase in remote working due to the coronavirus, employers have been forced to rethink how they recruit and select staff. Graham Brown reports on the rise of video interviews and remote onboarding of new starters.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to support employees experiencing the menopause

    Practical guidance on supporting employees experiencing the menopause, including how symptoms can affect employees at work, managing absence and performance issues and ensuring that working conditions do not exacerbate menopausal symptoms.

  • Date:
    4 December 2019
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: LGBT-inclusive workplace - practical strategies from Stonewall

    In this webinar, Sanjay Sood-Smith, executive director at Stonewall, shares his experience and top tips for embracing and embedding an LGBT-inclusive workplace

  • Date:
    31 July 2019
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Menopause support in the police sector

    We look at how the menopause can affect women working in the police sector and some of the initiatives that are being taken to support them.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Menopause policy

    A model policy to set out the rights of staff affected by menopausal symptoms and explain the support available to them.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Racial harassment: Staff encouraged to use offensive terms during diversity training exercise

    In Georges v Pobl Group Ltd, an employment tribunal upheld a black employee's harassment claim after she attended diversity training at which the trainer wrote racially offensive terms on a flipchart and staff were encouraged to shout out the most offensive words that they could come up with.

  • Date:
    11 January 2019
    Type:
    Case studies

    How Aviva is helping its employees plan for the longer term with a mid-life MOT

    Aviva talks to XpertHR about its mid-life MOT, designed to help employees in the 45 to 60 age bracket plan for the longer term, as well as to reduce employee attrition in this group.

  • Date:
    6 November 2018
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Ethnicity pay gap reporting: Next steps for employers

    The Government is consulting on taking forward its proposals to require large employers to publish ethnicity pay data. We investigate what shape the legislation might take; the challenges that an ethnicity pay gap reporting obligation would pose; what reporting employers are already carrying out; and the potential implementation timetable.

  • Date:
    26 July 2018
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    10 ways of improving employee inclusion at your organisation

    Inclusion is essential for high performance but too many organisations only pay it lip service, writes Lee Russell of learning consultancy OnTrack. But there are 10 steps companies can take improve inclusion, and thus productivity.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Tailored reasonable adjustments plan for disabled employee

    A model tailored reasonable adjustment plan for an employee with a disability.