Diversity Faculty
Our Diversity Faculty comprises legal expertise and in-house business advisors to provide clients with a full service offering as part of their diversity journey and development of their diversity strategy and cultural values.
19th giugno 2020
We previously told you in October 2018 that the UK government was consulting on mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting. That consultation ended on 11 January 2019. Since then, there have been no updates from the government on the outcome of the consultation.
10th marzo 2020
Purpose, culture and values have become a key focus for business strategy over the last few years. However, these issues can be seen as “soft” or as difficult to define and can be extremely difficult to meaningfully separate, identify and measure. How can companies effectively measure and manage progress in achieving their chosen corporate culture?
3rd febbraio 2020
As Veganuary comes to a close, we reflect on the Employment Tribunal’s high profile ruling that ethical veganism is a “philosophical belief” and qualifies for protection from discrimination under the Equality Act.
13th settembre 2019
According to the ONS, menopausal women are the fastest growing working demographic in the UK. Yet support for the debilitating symptoms of the menopause is absent from many workplaces.
16th settembre 2019
Mental health and wellbeing at work is an important strand of diversity, but one that does not always receive as much focus as other areas.
11th settembre 2019
Socio-economic status is increasingly being recognised as a barrier to success in the workplace. Is it time for a change in the law?
10th settembre 2019
The complex nature of gender identity, and what it means to transition, can make it a difficult topic for employers to approach.
9th settembre 2019
New fathers in the workplace represent a working group whose family-friendly rights have not necessarily kept up with the pace of societal change.
16th gennaio 2019
In December 2018, Christopher Woolard (the FCA’s Executive Director of Strategy and Competition) commented that a firm’s approach to diversity and inclusion can tell us a lot about its culture.
19th novembre 2018
Disappointing is perhaps how best to describe the contents of the 2018 Hampton-Alexander Review, which reports on female representation on company boards and executive pipeline.
21st gennaio 2019
Linklaters has recently completed the pilot of its reverse mentoring scheme. Nick Marshall, a Managing Associate in the Employment team, talks about the benefits to business of reverse mentoring, and his experiences of mentoring a member of Linklaters’ Partnership Board as part of the pilot.
5th marzo 2020
Welcome to the Spring edition of our culture newsletter. Produced in conjunction with our Diversity and Inclusion team, the newsletter covers developments and talking points on a range of workplace culture issues. In our Spring 2020 edition, we look at:
13th novembre 2019
Produced in conjunction with our Diversity and Inclusion team, this newsletter covers developments and talking points on a range of workplace culture issues. In this edition, we look at:
24th giugno 2019
UK - Employment & Incentives Culture Newsletter (Summer 2019)
