Quarter of firms have never interviewed a disabled person

More than half (52%) of HR leaders incorrectly believe the main reason disabled people don’t get jobs is because they lack the right skills or qualifications, according to Scope

Disabled choosing self-employment for better working conditions

?More disabled people are choosing self-employment but are being let down by poor support from the government, according to new research from IPSE

Achieving a diverse STEM workforce requires more effort

It is not enough to have representation in the organisation if it does not exist in leadership and key roles, up to and including the board

MPs renew calls for gagging clause ban

The government must be clearer about use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are still regularly used to cover up harassment, according to a report by MPs

Is raising women's state pension age discriminatory?

The latest on gender discrimination claims relating to the statutory pension age

BBC HRD announces she will leave end of this year

Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, who became group HR director in 2014,? said that staying in the role for around this period of time had always been her plan

Equal pay on a global scale

Geneva-based Philip Morris International strove to ensure its operations around the world could be certified as paying men and women equally

Boosting the diversity of internship intake

Cancer Research UK tackled poor diversity in its entry-level roles by becoming the first big UK charity to make all internships paid

Stop selecting incompetent men over competent women as leaders

If we focus on talent we will end up with better leaders and more female leaders, because the truth is women are more competent leaders than men

Lessons from the Conservative leadership race: Beware the 'heroic' leader

When we search, in the face of such a complex, divisive, intractable issue such as Brexit, for a leader who will save us in an instant, is it any surprise they fail?

Workplace period stigma must be tackled

?Employees feel unable to discuss menstruation at work, while many workplaces do not offer sanitary bins or products

Social Mobility Commission chair: Employers must give people a chance

Speaking at a screening of documentary A Northern Soul, a panel discussed the employer's role in tackling in-work poverty and boosting social mobility