Diversity: Alternative approach to the Equalities Bill

The Equalities Bill, which replaces the ageing Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts of 1970 and 1975, may well have trundled its way through Parliament in time for the Election, but HRDs know gender...

New Government benchmarking tool enables firms to measure their success in tackling inequality

The Government has a new benchmarking and improvement tool to help businesses better understand equality legislation and set them on a path towards best practice.

FTSE 100 falls behind the diversity trend: leaders are still largely British, male and 45-plus

Diversity strategies are still lacking in the FSTE 100, new research reveals.

FTSE 100 falls behind the diversity trend: leaders are still largely British, male and 45-plus

Diversity strategies are still lacking in the FSTE 100, new research reveals.

Stonewall conference speakers agree workplace diversity makes good business sense

Business leaders have called on employers to keep a focus on diversity in the workplace.

Men think gender equality is making good progress, women don't

Male staff believe progress is being made in the field of equality, but this is not echoed by their female counterparts, new research reveals.

Employers are missing out by not building diversity into their talent management strategies, says CIPD

Employers are not up to speed with threading diversity through talent management strategies and are missing out on the benefits of accessing and developing talent from the widest possible pool,...

Attitudes to older staff must change, employers warned

Speakers at the Employers Forum on Age agreed: with falling numbers of young people and older staff remaining healthy longer, attitudes to age must change.

Businesses still need to improve the boardroom gender imbalance

Despite 2009 seeing a plethora of reports supporting the positive effect of having women on the board, many companies are still not seriously looking at ways in which they can improve gender diversity...

Old-fashioned attitudes and employment policies concerning older workers must change, says Harriet Harman

Public policy and employment patterns must change significantly to accommodate older people in the workforce, according to Harriet Harman, minister of state for women and equality.

Jewish police officers and staff to have their own Positive Action Leadership Programme

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) is running the first ever Positive Action Leadership Programme specifically for Jewish police officers and staff this week.

Number of ethnic minority graduates is growing but they still find it hard to get jobs

The number of ethnic minority students in higher education is growing but they still experience more difficulty in finding jobs than their white counterparts, new research reveals.