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Supporting hard of hearing employees in the workplace

Retentive and recruitment processes can be adapted to support people with hearing loss

EHRC warns retailers about face mask discrimination

Retailers risk violating the Equality Act 2020 if they refuse customers who are exempt from wearing face coverings

Employees more engaged with D&I than last year

Employees are more engaged with their firm’s D&I but minorities are still disproportionately feeling the strain of the pandemic

CDS and University of Cambridge to host digital inclusivity workshop

CDS explores why an inclusive strategy is important, what inclusive design really means and how to test with users in context

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.

UN urged to help those with disabilities amid COVID-19

New campaign by disability rights groups calls on the United Nations to ensure COVID-19 measures include people with disabilities.

Applause Accessibility Tool: a panacea for software development issues

Applause Labs’ free new Applause Accessibility Tool helps businesses become more compliant and digitally savvy.

Truths were told at the inaugural DiversityQ D&I Practitioners Summit

From valuable tips, courses, book recommendations and straight-talking, the DiversityQ D&I Practitioners Summit had it all.

Purple Tuesday sees calls for online retailers to improve accessibility

Purple Tuesday awareness day highlights the shortcomings of online retailers’ inability to capture the spending power of disabled people.

Embrace the difference to improve diversity and inclusion

Change has taken a long time but, as former Sainsbury’s chairman David Tyler explains, it’s heading in the right direction.