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Phil Austin: Could improving employee wellbeing solve the UK’s productivity puzzle?
Is there a clear solution to solving the UK’s productivity problem?
Chris Parke: Nine ways to tackle the gender pay gap
Chris Parke offers an easy to follow tick list on gender diversity.
UK lags behind the rest of Europe for gender pay gap equality
The United Kingdom has one of Europe’s most significant gender pay gaps, worse than France, Poland and Italy, according to new international data.
Are gender stereotypes being reinforced in AI?
Virtual assistants such as Siri, Alexa, and Cortana are making our lives easier. However, the rise of AI with distinct personalities, voices, and physical forms is not as benign as it might seem.
Gender, education and class impacts on retirement and quality of life in older age
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that raising your level of education and skills during your working life are key factors in determining your quality of life in retirement and older age.
Young people lose more than £6,000 a year due to wage discrimination
A new report by Young Women’s Trust shows that under-25s are missing out on between £820 and £6,300 a year because they are not entitled to the legal ‘National Living Wage’.
Two fifths of UK workers experience bias in workplace
Two in five workers in the UK claim that they have experienced workplace bias in relation to their age, a disability, their social background or their sexuality.
Simply saying ‘thank you’ could be the key to employee engagement in the UK
The research has revealed that over half of workers in the UK say that they would prefer to be thanked by their managers as and when they do good work, rather than with a single annual event for recognition such as work anniversaries, performance reviews, or company events. Despite this, the majority of the £35.6bn a…
Google tried to ban media coverage of gender discrimination case
Google has tried to restrict the media reporting of a high-profile gender discrimination case brought by the US government.
Millennial men earn less than generation before, research reveals
Young men today will earn £12,500 less in their 20s than the generation before them, partly as a result of taking on low-paid jobs previously done by women, according to the Resolution Foundation.
Sexist dress rules must stop, say MPs
A Government report has concluded that women who face demands at work to wear high heels, makeup or revealing outfits require a new legal framework to halt such discrimination.
41% of young women expect to face discrimination at work
More than four in 10 young women believe their gender will count against them during their career, according to a survey that found only four per cent of young men believe they might also face some form of career-limiting sex discrimination in the workplace. The poll for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) reported that…
Rebecca Clarke: Diversity in music needs more work
If you take a look at the list of the best selling music artists of all time, it will not take long to discover that the list is pretty male dominated. Madonna is the sole woman in the top seven, the rest of the list being made up of The Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
4 in 5 children think banking is a man’s job and nursing is a woman’s
A study, conducted by global recruitment company PageGroup, has revealed that young children in the UK hold gender-stereotyped views when it comes to specific job roles.