Equality & diversity
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Employers increasingly committed to gender equality
Date:
01/06/2003;
Employers are showing increased commitment to gender equality in the workplace, according to Opportunity Now's latest benchmarking report. However, the study also shows that there is still much room for improvement, not least in mainstreaming equality and monitoring performance.
Business baulks at single equality Act
Date:
01/06/2003;
Momentum for a single equality Act (SEA) is gathering pace, but the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is concerned that it may be used to arbitrarily ratchet up present requirements and divert attention from work needed to develop new legal areas of discrimination.
Most employers offer diversity training
Date:
01/05/2003;
Three out of five organisations now provide diversity training, according to the latest annual Training and Development survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
TUC wants action to end hidden racism
Date:
01/05/2003;
Britain's black and ethnic minority workers say that real progress has been made in combating race discrimination at work over the past 10 years, but that racism persists, often in disguised form.
Equal opportunities versus diversity?
Date:
01/05/2003;
Organisations must embrace both equal opportunities and diversity concepts if they are to successfully eradicate all forms of discrimination, concludes a new study from the Runnymede Trust.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/04/2003;
Responses to the government's consultation on the options for equality institutions have seen most organisations lend their support, in principle, to a single equality body.
Responses to a single equality body
Date:
01/04/2003;
Author:
Sarah Podro
In October 2002 the government published a consultation document setting out structural options for a single equality body. Sarah Podro looks at responses to the consultation.
Recruitment practices risk discrimination claims
Date:
01/04/2003;
UK organisations could be leaving themselves open to expensive discrimination claims, according to a report by the Work Foundation which highlights inadequate monitoring of job applicants for diversity.
"Good, but could do better" - police diversity training verdict
Date:
01/04/2003;
A comprehensive report on race and diversity training in the police service praises the commitment of many people involved, but points to a number of failings, including inconsistency, unproductive initiatives and a lack of cohesive strategy.
A positive future
Date:
01/04/2003;
Author:
Sarah Podro
Advances in medication mean organisations are more likely than ever before to have employees who are HIV positive. Sarah Podro spoke to Andrew Little from Positive Futures about the types of discrimination that affect people with HIV, and what leading-edge employers, such as Barclays and Rooster, are doing to address the issues ahead of proposed coverage for HIV-positive employees under the Disability Discrimination Act.
Ford: driving diversity forward
Date:
01/04/2003;
Author:
Carol Foster
Carol Foster examines the extensive action Ford of Britain is taking to turn around its poor racial equality record. This includes conducting a systematic equality audit; setting up company-wide joint management-union diversity committees; and introducing a comprehensive union-backed Dignity at Work policy.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/03/2003;
What will be the impact of the new rights for working parents being introduced on 6 April as part of the Employment Act 2002? Our news coverage reveals that many employees are sceptical about an employer's response to a request to work flexibly.
Aspiring to equal pay in higher education
Date:
01/03/2003;
Author:
Janet Egan
Janet Egan analyses how working in partnership has facilitated the development of a sector-wide approach to tackling equal pay in higher education as part of a package of gender equality initiatives.
Bosses pay lip service to diversity
Date:
01/03/2003;
Nearly half of senior managers do not believe that their boardroom colleagues are committed to strategies that will attract minority groups into the workforce, finds new research.
Equal pay law change could halt equal value cases, claims EOC
Date:
01/03/2003;
Proposed changes to equal pay law could actually make it harder for women to win equal value cases, says the Equal Opportunities Commission.
The Co-operative Bank: profiting from ethics
Date:
01/02/2003;
Author:
Carol Foster
Carol Foster explores how the Co-operative Bank's high-profile ethical positioning has been translated into action in relation to implementing its comprehensive equal opportunities employment programme.
Employer-led race equality task force launched
Date:
01/02/2003;
A business-led "Race equality and diversity task force" has been launched by Tony Blair to tackle the under-representation of ethnic minorities in the private sector.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/01/2003;
What will be the state of the equal opportunities/diversity agenda in 10 years' time? We asked leaders of the UK equality enforcement agencies, politicians and activists to give us their views on how far things will have progressed in the next decade.
Profile: Museji Takolia
Date:
01/01/2003;
Museji Takolia was appointed in 2000 as the government's senior advisor for diversity strategy and equal opportunities.
EOR legislation tracker
Date:
01/01/2003;
We present a guide to recent and forthcoming legislation.
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