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50% of employees are unaware of their maternity/paternity leave rights

New parents give birth to increasing discrimination through not understanding the maternity/paternity leave rights in their current role.

Virtual Women in IT Summit 2020 – Day three recap

As we wrap up the Women in It Summit 2020, we look at how we can get more women and girls into IT and tech.

Zurich leads the charge publishing 2020 ethnic minority pay gap figures

Ethnicity pay report just the start of a sustained effort to support ethnic minority employees at insurance firm

How CEOs, line-managers, HR and D&I practitioners can support Black colleagues

Listen, learn, act and self-educate—just some of the things you can do to support Black colleagues at work.

How to reintegrate furloughed employees in an inclusive way

Prioritise accessible communication, psychological safety and inclusive redesign, says industry thought leader Teresa Boughey.

MyGWork strengthens LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion during COVID-19

Global recruitment and networking organisation myGwork launches platform to help LGBTQ+ professionals through COVID-19.

Fidelity International introduces new parental leave policy

Fidelity International parental leave policies herald a new era of gender equality in the financial sector.

International Women in Engineering Day: taking a step in the right direction

Even though the tech industry has evolved greatly, only one in five jobs are held by women in the wider engineering sector as a whole.

The diversity dilemma of COVID-19: why diversity and inclusion is more important than ever

Diversity and inclusion haven’t disappeared during the pandemic, so businesses shouldn’t be excused for thinking it.

Why the gender pay gap is at risk of widening once more

As researchers warn COVID-19 could widen the gender pay gap, many companies show no commitment to tackling the gap.