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Gender equality hinges on paternity leave

Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway, speaks on gender equality in the workplace

Quality apprenticeships sacrificed for quantity

Employers and HR professionals react to a report criticising the government's apprenticeship strategy

Adaptability a key skill of the future

Employers must equip employees with the ability to be flexible

Women ask for pay rises as often as men

Diversity & inclusion

Women ask for pay rises as often as men but are less successful

Senior staff receive more benefits than junior employees

Women also receive considerably fewer workplace benefits overall than men

Companies remain in stasis over challenges posed by Brexit vote

Organisations are unsure where to go next, more than two months after the EU referendum vote

Graduate job market shrinks for first time in four years

Brexit, the apprenticeship levy and more diverse recruitment processes were cited as significant factors

12% leave work before state pension begins

436,000 workers within five years of state pension age leave the workplace for medical reasons

Small firms taking lower profits because of NLW

Nearly half (47%) of small businesses cite wages as the main contributor to their rising cost of doing business

Businesses must tackle 'ownerless corporations'

Chris Philp, MP (Con) for Croydon South, calls for shareholder committees and mandatory pay ratios

MPs call for greater protection for pregnant workers

There has been a ‘shocking’ increase in workplace pregnancy discrimination over the past decade

Resilience training in the charity sector

Linda Chivers, chief executive at Age Concern Central Lancashire, explains why resilience is so important