Equality & diversity
Showing results from 381 to 400 of 523
Flexible working: meeting the business challenge
Date:
01/03/2004;
Author:
Carol Foster
Carol Foster profiles two organisations that have used work-life balance policies to address very different strategic objectives.
Diversity in the voluntary sector
Date:
01/03/2004;
Author:
Kate Godwin
Kate Godwin reports on how the pressure to recruit and retain volunteers has forced the Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) to consider how it can become more diverse and what measures are needed to bring about change.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/02/2004;
In our feature "Implementing a diversity strategy", Kay Allen explains what needs to be done to devise a diversity action plan and ensure it is embedded throughout an organisation.
Implementing a diversity strategy
Date:
01/02/2004;
Author:
Kay Allen
Kay Allen explains what diversity managers need to do to embed diversity in order to realise its benefits and stay ahead of competitors and ever more demanding legislation.
New ethnic diversity guidelines
Date:
01/02/2004;
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published a new set of guidelines to help ensure more consistency in the collection and management of data relating to ethnic diversity.
Employing refugees
Date:
01/02/2004;
Author:
Kate Godwin
Kate Godwin looks at some of the barriers to refugee employment and what can be done to ensure that UK employers can take advantage of the skills and experience offered by refugees.
Radical reform of discrimination law needed
Date:
01/01/2004;
Achieving equality at work is a report published by the Institute of Employment Rights that calls for the government to put substance before structure when dealing with equality legislation by bringing forward a single equality Act as well as a single equality Commission
Prison Service is racist, the CRE concludes
Date:
01/01/2004;
After a three-year investigation, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has found HM Prison Service guilty of racial discrimination.
Compensation awards 2002
Date:
01/12/2003;
Equal Opportunities Review presents its annual survey of all awards made in discrimination cases. Compensation totalling £6.41 million was awarded by employment tribunals in cases of unlawful discrimination in 2002 - a 65% increase on the previous year's figure of £3.88 million.
Companies to report on diversity
Date:
01/12/2003;
Larger companies and government departments and agencies will be required to produce an Operating and Financial Review (OFR) that gives details of their approach to "human capital" - which covers areas such as recruitment, training, staff turnover and diversity.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/11/2003;
The Commission for Equality and Human Rights is likely to be the title of the new single equality body proposed by the government.
Diversity - a model for excellence
Date:
01/11/2003;
Author:
Alison Clarke
Jane Nokes, a course director and consultant for the Civil Service College, has developed a business excellence model which encourages employers to think about diversity and equality in the same way as other, more established core business issues such as product development, sales or marketing.
Top companies urged to be more race aware
Date:
01/11/2003;
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has urged 500 top companies to join Race for Opportunity (RfO).
More disabled people in work since DDA
Date:
01/11/2003;
The proportion of disabled people in the workforce has doubled since the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), finds a survey conducted by Manchester Metropolitan University.
'Informal' approach to discrimination carries risks
Date:
01/11/2003;
Almost halfof employers (44%) may adopt an "informal" approach to dealing with allegations of discrimination, according to a survey of private and public sector employers by law firm Pinsents.
New commission for Equality and Human Rights
Date:
01/11/2003;
The government has put forward plans for a single equality commission, with the working title "The Commission for Equality and Human Rights" (CEHR).
Term limits on top jobs: a solution for mandatory retirement?
Date:
01/11/2003;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
The government's second round of consultations on age discrimination has now closed, with the key question of mandatory retirement ages still left open. Michael Rubenstein proposes a solution to the potential problem of age discrimination legislation effectively blocking access to the most senior positions.
Lesbian, gay and bisexual employees - a policy of inclusion at JP Morgan
Date:
01/11/2003;
Author:
Sarah Podro
JP Morgan has had a proactive policy on creating an inclusive and respectful environment for lesbian, gay and bisexual employees since 1998. With new Regulations on sexual orientation due to come into force next month, Sarah Podro spoke to Frank Howell, the organisation's head of diversity, about the business's integrated approach to developing and harmonising policy for this group of employees.
EOC to investigate pregnancy discrimination
Date:
01/10/2003;
The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has launched Britain's first ever formal investigation into pregnancy discrimination at work.
TUC equality audit
Date:
01/10/2003;
All unions affiliated to the TUC have to be committed to promoting equality - this was formalised in a rules change at the 2001 Congress. When the new rules were introduced, unions agreed to report back to Congress every two years on the measures they were taking to advance equality. The mechanism chosen to do this was a TUC equality audit that would give unions the chance to report progress and showcase best practice.
Previous Page
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Next Page
Top
Back