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Peer calls on Government to commit to levelling up workplace equality

Conservative peer uses private member’s bill to help make new Government’s commitment to levelling up a reality.

The Valuable 500 reaches new milestone for disabled employees

Over 200 firms now place disability at the heart of their corporate agendas as businesses worldwide embrace the value of the 1.3bn disabled.

Disabled employees are an asset, not a cost

Disability Rights UK CEO highlights the steps that employers need to take to make the workplace inclusive for disabled people.

How the GLA is leading by example on diversity and inclusion

Patrick Alleyne has been an HR Manager at the Greater London Authority for 20 years. In the first of two interviews, he reveals why he’s happy to be a black role model.

Diversity in the workplace is everybody’s responsibility

Sandra Kerr, OBE, CBE, National Campaign Director for Race Equality at Business in the Community (BITC), talks about the Race at Work Charter and how companies can move the dial on diversity.

QA calls for radical overhaul of apprenticeships to boost social mobility

Apprenticeships minimum wage of as little as £3.90 an hour should be scrapped to turbo charge social mobility and support high tech growth.

Big Four accounting firms pledge to support The Valuable 500

The Big Four professional services organisations latest to join forces on business disability inclusion in support of The Valuable 500.

How businesses can recruit and retain the blind and partially sighted

Phil Clisby explores the ways businesses can better include the blind and partially sighted by adjusting their recruiting process and improving working environments.

Why businesses should use the Access to Work scheme to support people with arthritis

Businesses are missing out on supporting thousands of people with arthritis through the Government’s Access to Work scheme, new research by charity Versus Arthritis shows.

How to avoid discriminating against disabled employees

We look at how businesses can support employees with disabilities