by Emil Willis | Feb 12, 2020 | Latest Blog, News
Only just over half of boards have appointed a director of colour ahead of 2021 deadline. FTSE 100 firms including Tui, British Airways owner IAG and the London Stock Exchange Group have been accused of dragging their feet on diversity targets ahead of a looming 2021...
by Emil Willis | Feb 12, 2020 | Latest Blog, News
Brian Reaves, chief diversity and inclusion officer at Dell Policies and programs have to account for the fact that not all minorities are the same, Reaves told Business Insider. There needs to be more focus on intersectionality. The experience of a white woman...
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...
