The number of shareholder resolutions on diversity at US companies has soared this year in the wake of the Black Lives Matter campaign.
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Inclusive workplaces and effective staff engagement will boost the country’s economy as well as creating better places for work according to the Confederation of British Business (CBI). In a new report, Time for Action: The Business Case for Inclusive Workplaces the CBI defines inclusion as: “an approach to running organisations which focuses on ensuring that every aspect of […]
Read MoreOn the seventh anniversary of the first piece of legislation signed into law by US President Obama, the White House has announced a series of steps designed to promote work place diversity and equality. According to a briefing produced to the Council of Economic Advisors, the U.S. gender pay gap is currently larger than that of […]
Read MoreTo coincide with Equal Pay Day (Nov 5) Women’s pay and the lack of women in senior company roles have again been in the news. The Fawcett Society Employers invited employers to take the Pay Gap Pledge after calculating that from November 9 women were effectively working for free until the end of the year […]
Read MoreGender diversity is proving to be a controversial topic in the marketplace as businesses and investors debate the issues raised by the recent review by Lord Davies on gender diversity in the corporate world. Following the publication of ‘Women on Boards’ and in anticipation of the FRC’s consultation on the same, UKSIF held an useful […]
Read MoreBlack representation in South African business has progressed much further than is generally accepted, with black representation at top management level growing by 55.9% from 2001-2006, a report by union body Solidarity has argued. According to the report – The Truth About Affirmative Action in South Africa – this growth in black representation at top […]
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