Today is European Equal Pay Day, which aims to raise awareness of the gender pay gap and comes ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March.
Compulsory quotas for women in the boardroom are a key way forward, according to a poll of women’s business networks, carried out by leadership consultancy, White Water Group.
With International Woman’s Day on 8 March 2012, and the EU committed to improving the number of women on executive boards, Mercer has revealed the ratio of senior executives and managers that were...
Almost half of UK workers think that employers’ diversity programmes are “only designed to attract good PR”, according to research published this morning from Adecco Group’s Unlocking Britain’s...
Chickenshed the theatre company is working with 70 senior managers who work for Hilton Hotels in the United States and who are in the UK for a conference.
There has been much discussion from commentators, notably Harriet Harman, about the idea that had Lehman Brothers included women at the very top, the recent financial crisis may not have happened.
Business in the Community (BITC) and Mitie have joined forces to urge business to work only with suppliers with diversity and equality policies.
Over the past decade, organisations have increasingly trumpeted their policies to try to entice people from different backgrounds to join their ranks.
UK employees want their organisations to employ more female managers, according to research by Randstad.
More than two fifths men would ‘prefer’ to work in an environment consisting of ‘just male employees’ while less than a tenth 8% of the men think a working environment of ‘just women’ would be their...
The delicate balancing act between career and motherhood is back in the spotlight with Sarah Jessica Parker’s new film “I Don’t Know How She Does It” released today. It documents the trials and...
HR directors from organisations including Tesco and BT, Government and industry bodies have joined forces in a bid to encourage employers to sign up to a framework for voluntary equality reporting.
