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Transparency in pay, promotion, and bonus policies helps ensure everyone understands how decisions are made.
Using structured, skill-based screening can minimise bias and boost diversity in hiring.
Automatically considering all eligible employees for promotion gives them the choice to opt-out rather than opt-in.
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.
Guidance for employers who want to use positive action to widen opportunities in a way that is consistent with equalities legislation.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Giving all employees clear and actionable advice on how to develop may benefit organisations with low rates of progression and retention for women.
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.
Enhance and promote leave policies and flexible working so employees know their entitlements and how to use them.
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…
A guide by Leaders as Change Agents (LACA) to help deliver better inclusion, fairness, opportunity and value for every UK employer and employee.
Statutory guidance to help health professionals provide an inclusive screening programme to all eligible people.
Information on progress delivering the Inclusive Britain action plan.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
A response to the call for input on single-sex spaces guidance launched by the previous government.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Everyone should be able to make the most of the rich culture and sport around the country
Professor Shazia Choudhry was the UK's candidate for the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Business Plans are a key part of the Government’s reform programme.
Our first combined Annual Report and our Resource Accounts cover the year ended 31 March 2009.
Under the Welsh Language Act 1993 every public body that provides services to the public in Wales has to prepare a scheme outlining how they…
Latest updated action plan to support the improvement of public websites, IT equipment and online content to suit the needs of disabled people…
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