There has been a 70 per cent increase in the number of disabled workers recruited into mainstream jobs during the first three months of the year, representing a record high and indicative of changing attitudes towards disabled works in the UK.The incre…
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Employers in Britain are planning to more aggressively recruit gay, disabled, female and Asian workers in 2007 and 2008, a new poll reveals.More than 215 hiring managers and 500 workers were surveyed for job site CareerBuilder.co.uk by Harris Interacti…
A tribunal decision has prompted new fears that ‘gingerism’ could be the next big form of workplace discrimination.Last week, a waitress was awarded £17,618 compensation for unfair dismissal over taunts about her red hair.Sarah Primmer suffered a seri…
Diversity experts have applauded the decision by BBC executives to forgo their bonuses collectively worth £350,000, after the broadcaster failed to meet its diversity targets.The corporation set itself stringent targets in 2004 of increasing the perce…
It’s not what you say but how you say it that may cause judgement from your work colleagues, research has found.A poll by hearing campaign Heal the World found that 15% of 4,000 respondents would take a work colleague less seriously if they had an ac…
The Fawcett Society today issued a challenge to the new prime minister to be the first to ensure that women and men in the UK are equally rewarded for their work.Although equal pay legislation has been in force for more than 30 years, there’s still a p…
Training and development experts have championed the importance of talent management after a new report found more than half of UK businesses are failing to develop their top people.Research by recruitment outsourcing provider Capital Consulting and Cr…
Government proposals to increase equality in the multi-billion pound public sector procurement process will see suppliers with poor diversity records shoved to the bottom of the pile, according to legal experts.The Discrimination Law Review, published …
Government proposals to increase equality in the multi-billion pound public sector procurement process will see suppliers with poor diversity records shoved to the bottom of the pile, according to legal experts.The Discrimination Law Review, published …
Remploy’s HR director has hit back at union jibes that she should resign over the way her team handled the announcement of factory closures.Last week the GMB union, which represents the majority of workers at Remploy, accused the HR team of mismanaging…