Workplace Culture

IWFM Conference 2021 Report: David Olusoga on racial diversity

IWFM Conference 2021 report: Deborah Frances-White on diversity and inclusion

Hybrid workplace – what’s HR got to do with it?

The government is to propose that employees can have the right to request flexible working from the moment they start a job in a consultation that is widely presumed to be published this week, according to news reports.

ISS Group has signed the CEO statement for the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), reflecting its vow to people and society – and aims towards at least a 40 per cent gender balance at group leadership level by 2025.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has launched a new guide to help companies report their ethnicity pay gap.

Research by Acas has found that over a third (36 per cent) of British employers have seen their mental health support improve since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

Facilities managers face “complex challenges in catering for employees and remaining compliant”, according to research by software firm Idox.

Offices will repopulate over the remainder of this year, according to the EMEA Occupier Survey of 130 companies by global real estate adviser CBRE. 

“It’s evolutionary”: Supporting gender equity in a hybrid working world

A total of 114 UK-based organisations from a range of industries including housing, financial services, tech, and pharmaceuticals, have earned official recognition as being the best workplaces for women.

Sodexo UK & Ireland has made Raj Jones its permanent head of diversity and inclusion.