Harriet Harman: The BBC is "wasting a lot of talent" by not valuing older female news readers

Equalities minister Harriet Harman (pictured) has attacked the BBC for employing female news readers 10 years younger than their male counterparts, saying it is "wasting talent" and upsetting viewers.

Small businesses in the dark about employing disabled staff

More than three quarters of Britain's businesses do not have a policy relating to the employment of people with disabilities.

Cranfield report is discouraging for women aspiring to FTSE board director status

A report monitoring the male-female composition of FTSE boardrooms claims 'corporate Britain is failing women'.

Slight narrowing of gender pay gap provides no room for complacency

The hourly full-time gender pay gap has narrowed in the past year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Fewer than one in five businesses measure gender pay gaps

Fewer than one in five (18%) of private companies measure their gender pay gaps, according to research produced today by IPSOS Mori for CIPD/KPMG.

BT ends 2009 as top employer for diversity

BT has just scooped joint-first place from the Employers Forum on Disability for meeting its disability benchmark, meaning the telecoms company ends the year having gained first place for diversity...

HRDs warned not to ignore top talent

A third of top talent who have survived the recession will not stay with their company in the next 12 months.

Bisexual workers' issues tend to be ignored by employers

Bisexual workers feel invisible in the workplace and excluded from support networks, according to Stonewall.

Employers are missing out on a talent pool of graduates with disabilities

Employers are not doing enough to recruit graduate staff with disabilities, according to a new report.

New research finds motherhood still damages career prospects

More than three quarters of women feel having children has negatively affected their career progression.

Increased flexible working would help women climb to the top

Female business leaders claim it is time to 'get rid of the boys' club in business and push more flexible working policies to increase female leadership.

Government urged to remove barriers to employment for autistic people

Campaigners have called for a strategy to tackle the 'woeful' number of people with autism in unemployment, claiming the Government and Jobcentre Plus have 'condemned' people with the condition to a...