Equal Pay Day: Gender pay gap widens for first time in over a decade
This year, women will work for an extra five weeks to earn the same as their male counterparts. To mark 2024’s Equal Pay Day, reward specialist Holly Coe looks at the macro and local level changes required to close this widening gap.
Financial inclusion through earned wage access: Breaking down barriers
What you pay your employees has always been important. But now HOW you pay them is too. Learn more about earned wage access and how it offers financial inclusion and a lifeline to employees experiencing money troubles.
Disabled people predicted the future of work: It’s time to listen
The social model of disability offers a proven framework for HR teams to create inclusive workplaces by removing barriers rather than ‘fixing’ individuals: a practice long championed by disabled communities.
DEI fatigue: Why are we so tired of diversity, equity and inclusion?
DEI fatigue is on the rise within organisations. Discover the causes of it and how to combat it below.
Difficult colleagues: Relationships with people who think differently
Struggling to work with difficult people? Quentin Millington of Marble Brook explores the Strengths Deployment Inventory and why the problem so often lies in a clash of motives rather than toxic behaviours.
Menopause Awareness Month: Throw away your tick-box
With over 240 awareness days, weeks and months, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the diversity and inclusion calendar. Here are ten tips to creating an inclusive workplace culture, any day of the week.
Worker Protection Act: Organisations are STILL not prepared
The clock is ticking… the Worker Protection Act comes into effect on October 26th 2024, and yet many UK businesses are still not ready. Workplace relationships expert Ele Wilson outlines how to take action.
Inclusion starts with empathy
To mark National Inclusion Week 2024, Jack Mizel explores why empathy is the key foundation block to building an inclusive organisation.
‘Playing the race card’: What underpins a proof-seeking leader?
The challenge of the intangible nature of diversity, equity and inclusion, and how we push past never knowing the ‘truth’.
How to address diversity, equity and inclusion backlash
Workplace backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is nothing new. But it remains an ongoing barrier to progressive organisations. Here, Professor Tom Calvard outlines two ways for HR to approach this complex challenge.
#ImpactMatters: Four top players in workplace diversity and inclusion
Many organisations struggle to deliver impact on their diversity and inclusion efforts. But not these four companies.
How to build an inclusive wellbeing programme
For NIW 2024, Joanne Swann from Workplace Wellbeing Professional guides leaders ready to make meaningful impact through an inclusive wellbeing programme.
A pale, male – hopefully not stale – EDI tale
Andrew Loveless provides a ‘pale, male’ (hopefully not stale) EDI leadership perspective – revisited three years on.
Whose lived experience is more important?
For National Inclusion Week 2024 (23-29 September), our leadership columnist Judith Germain examines the importance of accepting diverse lived experiences in the workplace.
Labour’s Menopause Action Plan: Why small companies should keep up or get left behind
Under Labour’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’, firms with 250+ staff will soon need to produce Menopause Action Plans. But should smaller companies follow suit?
World Suicide Prevention Day: Changing the narrative in the workplace
Dr Jo Burrell highlights the importance of breaking the stigma around mental health in the workplace to prevent suicide, offering practical steps for employers to support their employees’ mental wellbeing.
Three key benefits of unlocking inclusion at work
Discover how fostering an inclusive work environment can significantly enhance employee wellbeing, boost retention and build a solid corporate reputation.
Next employees wins six-year equal pay case
Over 3,500 current and former employees of Next have secured a decisive victory in their six-year legal battle for equal pay.
Why coaching is the answer to everything
Organisations today grapple with an ever-changing environment, hybrid and flexible working, multi-generational diverse workforces and growing levels of stress and burnout. Could coaching be the answer to all of these complexities?
Psychological safety in hybrid work environments
In a hybrid environment, there are additional challenges to creating a culture of psychological safety. Here are six practical tips for building it in a hybrid environment.
