Diversity and inclusion

New and updated

• Date:

  8 October 2024

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  New sexual harassment prevention duty: 10-point checklist for HR

  From 26 October 2024, employers of any size in England, Wales and Scotland have a specific duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of workers in the course of their employment. As the implementation date approaches, what should HR professionals be doing to ensure that their organisation is ready to comply with the new duty?

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Sexual harassment risk assessment form

  Updated to reflect the final version of the EHRC's guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work, which was published on 26 September 2024. 

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Recruiting on "gut feeling" led to unconscious racial bias

  In James and another v London and Quadrant Housing Trust, an employment tribunal upheld the race discrimination claims of two housing managers after finding that they had not been selected for two senior roles because of the trust's unconscious bias.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Empowering ethnicity disclosure: Addressing the barriers to disclosing ethnicity

  The third in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure explores how to address the specific challenges around ethnicity disclosure, which will enable HR leaders to significantly enhance the effectiveness of their ethnicity data collection efforts.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Empowering ethnicity disclosure: Challenges in collecting ethnicity data

  The second in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure supports HR leaders to establish and strengthen ethnicity disclosure practices within their organisation by exploring the common challenges to collecting ethnicity data.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Empowering ethnicity disclosure: Why is ethnicity data important?

  The first in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure supports HR leaders to establish and strengthen ethnicity disclosure practices within their organisation. In this guide, we explore why understanding racial diversity, inclusion and lived experience within an organisation is essential to making progress with DEI.

• Type:

  Training

  Unconscious bias quiz - line manager training

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on unconscious bias.

• Type:

  Training

  Unconscious bias - line manager training

  Enhanced with the addition of a quiz for training purposes.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Neurodiversity policy

  A model policy to set out a framework for creating a neuro-inclusive workplace and the support available to individuals with a neurodivergent condition.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Advancing gender equality in the workplace: Steps to create positive and meaningful change

  Enhanced with additional information on external campaigns organisations can get involved with.