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Employers plan positive diversity recruitment

Employers in Britain are planning to more aggressively recruit gay, disabled, female and Asian workers in 2007 and 2008, a new poll reveals.More than 215 hiring managers and 500 workers were surveyed for job site CareerBuilder.co.uk by Harris Interacti…

‘Ginger’ taunts about red hair could be next big form of workplace discrimination

A tribunal decision has prompted new fears that ‘gingerism’ could be the next big form of workplace discrimination.Last week, a waitress was awarded £17,618 compensation for unfair dismissal over taunts about her red hair.Sarah Primmer suffered a seri…

BBC executives praised for ditching £350,000 bonuses after failing to meet diversity targets

Diversity experts have applauded the decision by BBC executives to forgo their bonuses collectively worth £350,000, after the broadcaster failed to meet its diversity targets.The corporation set itself stringent targets in 2004 of increasing the perce…

Gay students get death threats

More than 150,000 students in the UK have been bullied at secondary school because they are gay, a new survey found.Over two thirds of lesbian and gay pupils have been victimised by homophobic bullying, with abuse ranging from verbal abuse to violence …

Survey reveals workers take colleagues less seriously if they have an accent

It’s not what you say but how you say it that may cause judgement from your work colleagues, research has found.A poll by hearing campaign Heal the World found that 15% of 4,000 respondents would take a work colleague less seriously if they had an ac…

TUC lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender annual conference

Several hundred lesbian and gay workers are gathering in central London over the next two days to debate a series of key equality issues at the annual TUC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender conference.Delegates attending the event at the TUC’s Cong…

Wimbledon pays women equally – but will Gordon Brown?

The Fawcett Society today issued a challenge to the new prime minister to be the first to ensure that women and men in the UK are equally rewarded for their work.Although equal pay legislation has been in force for more than 30 years, there’s still a p…

Research by Capital Consulting and Cranfield School of Management reveals UK companies are failing to develop top people

Training and development experts have championed the importance of talent management after a new report found more than half of UK businesses are failing to develop their top people.Research by recruitment outsourcing provider Capital Consulting and Cr…

Suppliers with poor diversity records will fail in public sector procurement battle

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 …