New reporting requirements have been introduced around monitoring culture more closely. Will this improve corporate governance or be just another box to tick?

The Code sets out that for accounting periods starting on or after 1 January 2019 the board should:

?These came into force in January 2019, with most reporting generally beginning in 2020 (apart from CEO pay ratios)

Recording data around flexible working and family-friendly policies is crucial to tackling inequality in the workplace and reducing the gender pay gap

One year on from the launch of the Race At Work Charter, firms are still failing to prevent racially-motivated bullying and provide equal opportunities for BAME staff

Speakers at ProcureCon HR spoke on the gaps in HR's capability when it comes to managing temporary and freelance workers

Leah Johnson, vice president of advisory at Gartner, outlined the popular myths that HR should be aware of around employee experience

When traditional talent pools weren’t really working out, VHR decided to 'grow its own' by training people with no prior industry experience

Culture, selection processes, performance management, diversity training, a transparent pay system and flexi-time have all contributed

Organisations could be in the dark about which perks their workforces value most

To give the HR function at FIS strategic voice certain processes were transformed to be data- and metrics-driven

While HR professionals may feel they've now got to grips with gender pay reporting, similar legislation is being introduced in other countries. So HR must understand regional variations