The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published its priority themes for 2024/25. Amongst these is “Tackling sexual harassment” with a campaign focussing on the implementation of the positive duty to prevent sexual harassment, …
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Half of neurodivergent employees have taken time off work due to their neurodivergence, City & Guilds’ annual Neurodiversity Index found. This increased 5% from last year. The report, produced in collaboration with neurodiverse IT provider …
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A report by The Young Foundation has revealed that almost three quarters (72 per cent) of professionals with two or more marginalised characteristics have experienced ‘discriminatory or exclusionary’ behaviour in the workplace since the start …
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A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report has found that concerns remain over University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, after the Trust had previously been revealed as having a “toxic environment”. The report says that …
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The BBC has committed to develop an overarching framework for its complaints procedures, review how its complaints teams are resourced, and ensure employees have clarity over how to raise a concern, following an external review …
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A mental health practitioner, Mr Gormley, dismissed for gross misconduct in March 2023 after City of York council received a formal complaint about comments he was alleged to have made to colleagues, has won his …
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