DEI in the UK workplace

Stay on the forefront of DEI leading practices and strategy in the UK.

These are UK HR compliance resources.

  • Over mentored but under sponsored: A hidden barrier to women’s progression

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    Over mentored but under sponsored: A hidden barrier to women’s progression

    Mentorship and sponsorship are often conflated, but they play very different roles in career progression. While mentoring supports development, sponsorship drives advancement by actively creating opportunity. This piece explores why informal sponsorship reinforces inequality and what employers can do to embed fair, accountable sponsorship practices.

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Commentary and Insights

How North London NHS Foundation Trust is progressing EDI

Samina Arfan, North London NHS Foundation Trust Associate Director of EDI, talks about how EDI is integral to …

Whitepapers

The definition of a woman: Supreme Court ruling

Darren Newman explains the legal background and explores some of the practical implications for organisations of the Supreme …

Commentary and Insights

Five practical ways to maintain DEI initiatives in challenging times

As DEI initiatives come under increasing pressure, learn what steps organisations can take to protect underrepresented workers.

Webinars

Ethnicity data disclosure and pay gap reporting

Join Aggie Yemurai Mutuma, CEO of Mahogany Inclusion Partners, to learn practical techniques for encouraging employee ethnicity disclosure …

Commentary and Insights

How to support parents and non-parents in your EDI approach

This resource provides guidance on how to support not only parents, but also nonparents in the workplace.

Blogs

The Death of the Stringent Dress Code

A shift in workplace dress codes is breaking down barriers to inclusivity and empowering employees to bring their …

Podcasts

Supporting neurodiversity in the workplace

Laura Kimpton, HR strategy and practice editor at Brightmine, discusses how organisations, and line managers in particular, can …

HR News

Cracks emerge in financial services’ “class ceiling”

New research from Progress Together revealed that the number of people from lower socio-economic backgrounds in senior positions …

Commentary and Insights

Refugee and immigrant inclusion in the workplace

Refugee and immigrant inclusion in the workplace is a top priority for competitive employers. Learn how to create …

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