Have we made gender pay gap progress?

Two years into mandatory reporting and growing gaps are prompting calls for compulsory action plans and narrative statements, with concerns around data accuracy

Technology a mixed blessing for work/life balance

Technology can enable flexibility but issues around working culture still inhibit work/life balance for many, research has found

Endometriosis: Everything HR needs to know

Although the condition is not commonly discussed in the workplace, endometriosis can cause a lot of pain and discomfort

Disability at work: The majority “silence” the needs of the minority

A panel at a Business Disability Forum conference spoke of the need to break down the taboos around different conditions

Workers want physical contact banned at work

As research reveals employees want workplace physical contact reduced, questions are raised on whether this will prevent harassment

Empower men to solve the gender pay gap

This is not a battle between men and women. It’s a battle about whether a minority of men should be allowed to treat women badly

Workplace maternity discrimination rife

Unfair treatment towards pregnant women and returning mothers is still common in the workplace, according to exclusive research by HR magazine

#MeToo clauses to address workplace sexual harassment

News that tech investors are inserting ‘#MeToo clauses’ into their contracts with start-ups raises questions about what this means in the wider fight against sexual harassment

Let’s make ‘Mad Men’ mentoring culture a thing of the past

In the past few years serious problems in male-female mentoring relationships have been raised by the #MeToo movement

Is positive action always a positive thing?

Employers must be careful not to leave themselves open to discrimination claims from groups that haven't been prioritised in diversity efforts

Reform Shared Parental Leave, urges the TUC

?The TUC is calling for an overhaul of Shared Parental Leave (SPL) in response to just 1% of eligible parents taking this up

Gender pay gap: Year-two figures reveal slow progress

Fewer than half of the UK's biggest employers have succeeded in narrowing their gender pay gap