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Giving all employees clear and actionable advice on how to develop may benefit organisations with low rates of progression and retention for women.
Advertise parental, carer, and compassionate leave policies widely to ensure all prospective employees know the entitlements they would be eligible for.
Structured interviews support fair, objective hiring. Standardised questions and scoring helps reduce bias and promotes equal opportunity.
Flexible working policies can aid work-life balance, especially for people with caring roles. Advertising flexibility can attract a wider, more diverse group of applicants.
Enhance and promote leave policies and flexible working so employees know their entitlements and how to use them.
Actively seeking applications from under-represented groups can ensure a broader range of applicants for all roles.
Providing development programmes, such as mentoring, gives employees a formal channel for advice and support.
This guidance provides information and links to services and guidance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
To qualify for disability protection under the Equality Act a person must meet its definition of a disabled person. Follow the link below for …
Information on progress delivering the Inclusive Britain action plan.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Statutory guidance to help health professionals provide an inclusive screening programme to all eligible people.
The Minister for Women and Equalities is seeking examples of policy or guidance in which public bodies – or organisations that advise public and private organisations – wrongly suggest that people have a legal right to acces…
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Find out about assistive and accessible technology (ATech), including types, costs, legal rights, and how to get an assessment or buy equipment.
How the unit meets the Code of Practice for Statistics
Full list of the sporting bodies, clubs, professional athletes, celebrities and fans that have signed the Sports Charter and committed to taking…
A guide by Leaders as Change Agents (LACA) to help deliver better inclusion, fairness, opportunity and value for every UK employer and employee.
How to involve disabled people in government social research.
Our first combined Annual Report and our Resource Accounts cover the year ended 31 March 2009.
We have worked closely with political parties and other stakeholders in developing guidance for parties on their legal responsibilities under…
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