Diversity and inclusion: Encouraging social mobility in the workplace

Following publication of the government’s ‘levelling up’ strategy, Rob Lewis, Becca Jones and Cat Maguire look at employers’ role in opening up professional jobs to people from all backgrounds As things stand, there is little in English law which promotes social mobility and there is no protection for people who suffer discrimination related to their …
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Diversity and inclusion: Ethnicity pay reporting – challenges and benefits

With mandatory ethnicity pay reporting looking unlikely in the short term, Naeema Choudry analyses the case for voluntary reporting and some different approaches that employers can take While mandatory ethnicity pay reporting may have been pushed further down the line, it is an issue that is unlikely to go away. If the voluntary approach does …
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Legal news: Employment update

Lydia Moore and Lydia Octon-Burke round up recent developments affecting employers and their advisers A poorly worded, unclear or even incomprehensible ET1 from a litigant in person may place a burden on a legally represented employer to clarify what the claim is. EAT offers direction on dealing with litigants in person In Cox v Adecco …
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Diversity and inclusion: Key steps to support non-binary employees after landmark ruling

Jennifer Millins, Molly Flood and Morgan Reardon explore the legal and practical ramifications of the Jaguar Land Rover case There is a wide group of people who identify as non-binary or similar, for whom the concept of ‘reassigning’ their sex is fundamentally incompatible with their gender identity. This article examines the recent judgment in Taylor …
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