As we reach the end of the year, our 12 Days of Christmas countdown revisits each month's most notable happenings.

The UK government has announced future plans to remove reporting requirements for businesses with fewer than 500 employees.

The UK government has introduced a year-long suspension of gender pay gap reporting to ease the already increased burden of duties for organisations during the Coronavirus pandemic

A report published by the WWF listed the British businesses failing to meet commitments to only sell products containing palm oil from ‘sustainable’ sources

With CIPD data showing the HR profession is overwhelmingly female, white and straight, is HR itself walking the talk on diversity and inclusion?

Gender pay gap (GPG) reporting has shone a much-needed spotlight on workplace inequality. However, last year only half of employers improved their GPG and 39% reported a worse gap

?We seem to be having a problem with truth in much of the Western world, and that includes HR

A Financial Reporting Council (FRC) report finds companies struggling to define their purpose

Getting the make-up of a people analytics team right is key to it solving business issues

?With gender pay gap reporting now on most organisations’ radars employers must do more to understand the causes behind their gap

?Only half (51%) of permanent employees think they are paid fairly, a report from the CIPD finds

?Half of all senior leadership roles in FTSE 350 companies must go to women in 2020 if the Hampton-Alexander Review’s targets are to be met