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BP: building diversity, inclusion and meritocracy

BP has implemented an employment strategy based on diversity, inclusion and meritocracy. Carol Foster examines the reasons behind this strategy and the measures it has adopted to deliver it.

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Pregnant Women and Risk Assessment is a new TUC online guide providing a detailed, practical resource on pregnancy and risk assessments.

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The regulations on sexual orientation have been in place for more than a year, but there have been few cases that have gone to a full hearing at the employment tribunal. To discover what is happening in the workplace, EOR has conducted a survey, jointly with the TUC, of trade union action in this area.

Diversity - Holy Grail or business sense?

Diversity management is not a fictitious Holy Grail, but a tangible, measurable contribution which adds a dimension to corporate decision making, argues Kay Allen.

Statistics reveal an ageing and more diverse society

The UK population is ageing and within 10 years there will be more people aged 65 and over than children under 16, according to the latest edition of Social Trends published by National Statistics.

Sexual orientation: a survey of union action

Kate Godwin reports on a survey, conducted jointly by EOR and the TUC, revealing how trade unions have dealt with the new laws prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

CIPD publishes guide to managing diversity

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has published a new guide designed to help organisations understand the challenges and opportunities diversity can bring.

London diversity campaign launched

£9.8 million has been committed by the Mayor of London to a four-year programme to help companies in London develop and enjoy the benefits of a diverse workforce.

Poor leadership the biggest barrier to diversity

Seven out of 10 (69%) of those surveyed believed lack of leadership to be the biggest barrier to achieving diversity within their company, finds new research examining what factors limit the positive impact of diversity in organisations.

NHS moves to combat discrimination and harassment

Some 14 NHS organisations have launched an action plan to tackle the discrimination and harassment faced by doctors and dentists.

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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has published a new guide, Managing Diversity: People Make the Difference at Work - But Everyone is Different, designed to help organisations understand the challenges and opportunities diversity can bring.

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This month we begin a new section of the journal - Diversity Law Essentials. This is aimed at managers, giving them guidance on the relevant legal requirements and good employment practice in relation to different aspects of their HR function.

New pay agreement aims to end gender pay gap

The Government has introduced a new framework of principles to underpin public sector pay negotiations, including a firm commitment to eliminate the gender pay gap.

Diversity law essentials (1): Recruitment and selection

This is the first of a regular series of guides for line managers. The purpose of these guides is to set out the legal requirements that managers need to be familiar with to avoid unlawful discrimination in their decision-making, and to provide guidance on good employment practice.

Equality Bill establishes CEHR from October 2007

The Government's Equality Bill, published at the beginning of March, makes clear that a single equality and human rights commission will operate from October 2007, although the CRE will not join the new body until 2009.

Ethnic minority women united by disadvantage

Women from ethnic minorities are poorer, less educated, less healthy, and worse represented in the ranks of decision-makers in the UK than their white counterparts, according to research by the Fawcett Society.

Amending the Sex Discrimination Act

The consultative draft Regulations to amend the Sex Discrimination Act include important new definitions of sexual and sex-based harassment, but significantly omit any proposals on tackling pay discrimination, writes Michael Rubenstein.

Commission appointments

Four new commissioners have been appointed to the Equal Opportunities Commission.

New chair for Opportunity Now

Carolyn McCall, chief executive of Guardian Newspapers, is the new Chair of Opportunity Now, the employer-led organisation promoting gender equality and diversity in the workplace.

EC proposes Institute for Gender Equality

The recently appointed Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Vladimír Špidla, has announced that the commission is to set up a European Institute for Gender Equality.


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