Government considering legal case for all-women job shortlists March 3, 2014 THE GOVERNMENT is looking at the legality of women-only shortlists for board appointments, to help ensure it meets a diversity target set by Lord Davies for 2015. A report out today details a 10-point plan to beef up a voluntary code for headhunters, to make sure they put forward enough women candidates for interviews at top firms. [...]
The Chancellor can stick to his debt target by following Canada’s lead December 2, 2012 ON WEDNESDAY the Chancellor will announce whether he plans to stick to the government’s pledge that debt will fall as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2015/16. Worse than expected growth forecasts make it more – not less – vital that he sticks to that plan. Economic forecasters are lining up to predict [...]
Women overlooked by recruiters May 27, 2012 A campaign to get more women on company boards is struggling because headhunters and hiring committees are too traditional when recruiting for senior roles, according to a report out today. Last year, some of the biggest headhunters signed up to improve the gender balance in Britain’s boardrooms. But one year on, they are still holding [...]
Ministers on alert over age bias wrangle January 17, 2012 THE COALITION’S new rules on the retirement age could be plunged into confusion after a long-running discrimination case opened in the Supreme Court yesterday. Leslie Seldon, who was a partner at London law firm Clarkson Wright and Jakes, is taking his former employer to the highest court in the land after he was forced to [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT May 8, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Today, energy company Centrica delivers a trading statement and holds its AGM. ● Also today, HSBC delivers its first quarter trading update. The update includes more financial details than previous quarterly updates. Pre-tax profits are expected to rise. ● Serco also holds its AGM today. The FTSE 100 company was founded in [...]
Women missing out on careers October 10, 2010 Middle-aged women are sacrificing their careers because they are acting as unpaid carers, according to a new study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Often women go straight from caring for children to looking after an elderly parent, effectively crushing any hopes for a successful career. It also has a negative impact on women’s [...]
Women missing out on careers October 10, 2010 Middle-aged women are sacrificing their careers because they are acting as unpaid carers, according to a new study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Often women go straight from caring for children to looking after an elderly parent, effectively crushing any hopes for a successful career. It also has a negative impact on women’s [...]
Top 100 list shows women at senior level September 26, 2010 MORE than a fifth of Europe’s 100 most influential women sit at the top of some of the largest companies within the financial services sector, according to new findings. According to the fourth annual list of the 100 most influential women compiled by Financial News, more than 20 per cent of the listed women in [...]
The appeals of age shouldn’t be ignored September 21, 2010 Last month the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce appealed against an employment tribunal’s ruling that it had discriminated against its 42-year-old European head of derivatives marketing, Achim Beck, by allowing a 35 year-old manager to oust him after putting out a search brief explicitly seeking to replace him with someone younger. The bank lost. There [...]
Q&A September 2, 2010 Q.I am a small business owner and am wondering what exactly is the 2010 Equality Act? A.The new Equality Act is coming into force on 1st October. It compiles the last 30 years of gender, disability, sexuality, religious and ethnic discrimination legislation into a single act – with some added extras. The Department for Equalities [...]