Government proposals to increase equality in the multi-billion pound public sector procurement process will see suppliers with poor diversity records shoved to the bottom of the pile, according to legal experts.The Discrimination Law Review, published …
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Remploy’s HR director has hit back at union jibes that she should resign over the way her team handled the announcement of factory closures.Last week the GMB union, which represents the majority of workers at Remploy, accused the HR team of mismanaging…
Improving the skills of disabled people to world class levels by 2020 would boost the economy by £35 billion over 30 years, equivalent to 18 months growth, and help tackle child poverty, argues SMF Chief Economist Stephen Evans in a new report, Disabi…
The government has called on employers to hire more disabled people and help aid their social inclusion.Employers can play a key role in ensuring that disabled people are able to play a full part in society through employment by preventing ill-health a…
Today is the International Day against homophobia.The openly gay Liberal Democrat MP Steven Williams will be welcoming organisers of International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) events and their supporters at a meeting in the House of Commons.The MP fo…
The commissioner for Public Appointments has highlighted the contrast in leadership and communication styles between men and women.Speaking at the annual dinner of City Women’s Network Janet Gaymer said: “Men often prosper in hierarchical organisat…
On the day the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) regulations come into force new research indicates how far the City has moved to overcome its traditional image as an inhospitable environment for gay and lesbian employees.London is the unrivalled gay a…
Police chiefs have admitted they face a massive task convincing officers of the merits of plans to push job applications from white males to the bottom of the pile.The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has called for a change in the law so th…
The Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) is ramping up its recruitment ahead of the body’s official start date in October this year.The commission will enforce legislation on age, disability, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation, …
Six months on from the introduction of age discrimination legislation, UK employers and workers must work harder to build a truly age diverse workplace and to combat age discrimination according to Manpower.Manpower believes this is of increasing impor…