Usdaw’s annual respect week, 13 - 19 November, is when the union’s reps and members organise awareness events as part of the Freedom from Fear Campaign, which seeks to prevent verbal abuse, threats and violent [...]
Despite almost two-thirds (65%) of British employees saying they would consider an extended leave away from work, it seems they are unlikely to take such a break and instead risk burnout. New independent research commissioned [...]
With an equal number of women entering the workforce as men, you may think that cracks are starting to form in the proverbial glass ceiling. However, recent research by The Knowledge Academy has revealed the [...]
THREE in four British employees say they’ve witnessed bullying in their workplace, according to shocking new research. Workplace Bullying is mistreatment in the form of humiliating and intimidating conduct, such as gossiping about colleagues, excluding them [...]
New research has found that almost half (44 per cent) of working mothers were unhappy with how they had been treated by their employer during their pregnancy and after their return to work. While many mothers [...]
Energy company SSE is using this year’s International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) to launch a new film which aims to bust some of the myths associated with women in engineering. Recorded over a number [...]
Mothers are paid 3% less for every child they have compared to their female colleagues who do not have children, new research from Université Paris-Saclay reveals. Fathers suffer no such penalty at all. Lionel Wilner, [...]
The expansion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights and awareness has had profound impacts worldwide. As norms shift in society and the court of law, organisations are reassessing how they address LGBT rights [...]
LAW (Law At Work) will be hosting a Conference in Edinburgh on 28th February and again in Glasgow on 1st March 2017 on the subject of Equality, Inclusion and Respect and want to spread news [...]
UK workers are more likely to trust Google with their work worries than their colleagues. Common search queries, such as “My colleagues are racist”, “My colleagues are idiots”, “Someone I work with has bed [...]