by Emil Willis | Feb 10, 2020 | Latest Blog, News
Unicef, the United Nations children’s agency, has said parental leave is to be equalised for all of its UK employees. Unicef UK will now offer 52 weeks leave and equal pay for all new caregivers, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. The policy will also...
by Emil Willis | Feb 10, 2020 | Latest Blog, News
Good news. A third (33.3 per cent) of all board members in the FTSE 100 are now women. The target was set in the Hampton-Alexander review and has been hit a year early. What’s more there are now no men-only FTSE 100 boards and we are on track...
by Emil Willis | Feb 10, 2020 | Latest Blog, News
A record number of women in full-time work has pushed the UK’s employment rate to a new high of 76.3%, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show. In the three months to November, 126,000 more women worked full-time compared with the...
by Emil Willis | Feb 5, 2020 | Latest Blog, News
Most UK companies’ approach to ethnic diversity is unsatisfactory as more than half of the largest companies in the country do not have a director with a BAME background on their board, a damning report has found. The 2020 Parker Review, published today (February...
by Emil Willis | Feb 3, 2020 | Latest Blog, News
Opening up the conversation on belonging − Asif Sadiq of the Telegraph discusses the need for new thinking in the world of D&I to allow people to truly bring themselves to work. Diversity and Inclusion will continue to be at the forefront of discussions at the top...
by Emil Willis | Jan 29, 2020 | 2019 Awards, inclusive companies, Latest Blog, News
February is LGBT History Month in the UK. With such an important date in the LGBT calendar coming up, we wanted to highlight the importance of this month, and discuss why marking LGBT history is still important in 2020. LGBT History Month is an observation of lesbian,...
