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Multiple choice test discriminated against job applicant with Asperger’s

8 May 2017

5 May 2017

British business must act on corporate governance

A BEIS Committee report says that British businesses must act on corporate governance, executive pay and boardroom diversity to address a worrying lack of trust...

4 May 2017

BHS workers share £1m payout over failed redundancy process

A group of former BHS workers have been awarded up to £1m in compensation in total over the summary way they were made redundant without...

3 May 2017

McDonald’s offers fixed contracts to 115,000 UK zero-hours workers

McDonald’s is to offer 115,000 UK workers on zero-hours contracts the option of moving to fixed contracts with a minimum number of guaranteed hours every...

2 May 2017

Government confirms guidance to be issued on workplace dress codes

The Government response to the joint Parliamentary Committees’ report on high heels and dress codes accepts that awareness of discrimination law is ‘patchy’ and guidance...

1 May 2017

Statutory gender pay gap reporting service goes live

The Equalities Office have launched an online gender pay gap reporting service to allow employers with 250 employees or more to meet the statutory requirement...

27 April 2017

Sports Direct appoints new workers’ representative to its board

Sports Direct workers have elected their first representative to attend the retailer's board meetings as it looks to counter criticism of poor working conditions....

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Government to draw up new guidance to support working mothers of premature babies

26 April 2017

25 April 2017

FTSE 350 chief executives urged to improve diversity and inclusion

Business Minister Margot James has written to the chief executives of all FTSE 350 companies urging them to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace,...

24 April 2017

Deliberate failure to support and lead organisational change amounted to gross misconduct

In Adeshina v St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Adeshina (‘A’) was the Principal Pharmacist at Wandworth Prison....

21 April 2017

26% of employees with poor mental health issues blame work

Over one in four (26 per cent) of employees experiencing poor mental health said that this was due to problems at work according to data...

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One in five employers turned down a candidate because of social media

20 April 2017

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