The recruitment process (which can start even before advertising the role right up to the date on which an individual commences work) can be a minefield for employers. My colleague…
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The Government has recently issued voluntary employer guidance outlining a methodological approach to collecting employee ethnicity pay data, to identify disparities between the pay of different ethnic groups. Similar to gender pay
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There’s increasingly a drive to embrace and champion ESG (the environmental, social and governance impacts of an organisation) in the workplace. For details of what ESG is and why it’s
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The Department for Business and Trade has launched a review of the legal regime that supports workers who blow the whistle on wrongdoing in the workplace, explaining it will seek feedback from
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Shareholder meetings, both the annual general meeting and other general meetings held throughout the year, provide the live setting for boards to engage in meaningful dialogue with shareholders. They are
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ESG is an increasing strategic and regulatory concern for private companies. A successful ESG strategy can help maximise value and strengthen relationships with a company’s stakeholders including consumers, employees, existing
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As most people know, discrimination is generally prohibited by the Equality Act 2010. This prohibition includes what is known as “positive discrimination”. However, something known as positive action is allowed,
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In recent months, we have seen the subject of the menopause catapulted into the limelight with an Oscar winning Netflix documentary (“Period. End of Sentence”), Davina McCall, Penny Lancaster and
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Ten years ago I don’t think I could have told you what was meant by “ESG”. Fast forward to today and there is a real drive to embrace and champion
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The Department of Health & Social Care has recently published an open consultation on mental health and wellbeing. The paper considers, among other things, how we can all promote positive mental wellbeing,
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