Caroline Whaley, Co-founder of Shine for Women, explains why it’s vital men are as empowered as much as women if we’re to see the gender pay gap closed. In May this year, BBC manager Karen Martin turned down a role as Deputy Editor at the BBC newsroom after learning a male counterpart had been […]
In today’s business environment, gender diversity – and diversity on a broader scale – is essential to ensuring we have the right skills base and talent pool within our organizations.
Six key business reasons from XpertHR’s Good Practice Guide on Disability for creating a disability-confident workplace in 2019: For organisations to thrive, they need to attract and retain talented staff and create a positive experience for them. An essential part of this is ensuring they are disability confident. At the end of last year, the Government […]
Did you know only 51% of the FTSE 100 companies have Directors from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and only 8% of the total Director population in the UK.
In most boardrooms, the majority of directors are male. This comes down to outdated biases and a lack of understanding around the benefits of gender diversity.
LGBT+ inclusion is rightfully top-of-mind for the business community – not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because there are many cultural and corporate benefits of LGBT+ inclusion. The Harvard Business Review has reported that LGBT-inclusive workplaces help a company to attract and retain top talent, boost their appeal to growing consumer […]
In recent events, Google staff around the world rose together to protest the company’s workplace culture, following claims of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism. The protests span across the globe, in all major cities Google holds office, from Tokyo & Singapore to London and Zurich.
April 2018 was the deadline for private and public organisations with more than 250 employees to report their gender pay gap. More than 10,000 employers provided details of their gender pay gap, and more than three-quarters of them paid men more than women, on average, during the 2017 reporting period. Just 14% of companies reported […]
By Louisa Rochford Consistently ranked among the world’s 100 Most Powerful Women and one of our Top 50 CEOs, Indra Nooyi has accomplished a wealth of achievements in her 12 years as CEO of PepsiCo. Now, as Nooyi begins the process of her departure from the position, the world loses a revolutionary leader that […]
There has been much discussion recently around inclusion and diversity in the workforce with high-profile campaigns such as the gender pay gap really driving the issue forward. The result has been a genuine effort and momentum to move towards a more inclusive and diverse workforce which is truly representative of a wider society. Here Sian Fisher, CEO of […]
The news that Tesco is facing Britain’s largest ever equal pay claim and a possible bill running to £4bn is only the latest example of the impact that gender pay issues are having in the workplace and beyond. And these are only likely to intensify with the now passed 30 March 2018 deadline for all […]
In recent news we learned that the number of minority head coaches in the US NFL is back to an all-time high, but how can we translate this racial equality win to the fight for gender equality in business? Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront, discusses the NFL ordeal with CEO Today and points […]
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