Award-winning HR: CEO of the Year 2023

What does it take to win an HR Excellence Award? Continuing our series, we reveal what an award-winning CEO looks like. The extended deadline to enter the HR Excellence Awards 2024 is 23 August.

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Positive masculinity can move the dial on inclusion

It’s a given that workplaces should support women. But how can we encourage men, and foster positive masculinity, making the workplace better for everyone? Peter Crush reports

Diversity, development and drive: A Smiths success story

Meet the woman on a mission to oil the wheels of success: Vera Parker, chief people officer for the engineering solutions firm Smiths.

Wimbledon's tweaked dress code is a lesson for HR leaders

When considering workplace dress codes, let's not prioritise protocol above practicality.

Pay parity soars in aerospace but plummets elsewhere

The gender pay gap in the aerospace sector has dropped by 26% over the past year, but has widened significantly in areas such as law and engineering, according to analysis conducted by the job site...

How to better support women at work

Employers can propel efforts to close the UK’s gender health gap. But they must act now.

Gender-critical teacher loses unfair dismissal claim in pronouns tribunal

A teacher has lost his employment tribunal claim that he was unfairly dismissed from New College Swindon for refusing to call a student by their preferred pronouns.

The importance of HR initiatives in supporting women in leadership 

Less than a third of leadership positions are held by women, LinkedIn data suggests. According to the World Economic Forum, it will take around 140 years to close that gap completely.  

How people professionals can drive equal opportunities for working parents

The Hult International Business School team consulted people leaders in search of evidence-based strategies for supporting the UK’s working parents. Here’s what we found.

Sexism in the city: Lack of progress 'shocking' say MPs

Women working in the London financial sector are forced to put up with “shocking” levels of sexual harassment, bullying and a stagnating gender pay gap, a report by MPs has found.

David Olusoga: Women are workplace changemakers

Women change workplace cultures by their very presence in traditionally male professions, the historian and broadcaster David Olusoga has stated, in the lead-up to International Women’s Day (today, 8...

The EHRC menopause guidance is a positive move for women

As we approach another International Women’s Day, it’s a good time to revisit the issues that matter to women in the workplace, including menopause.