unconscious bias Archives

Businesses failing to make gender pay gap action a priority, CMI warns

Sep 14, 2021 | 0

Since 2018, the number of firms reporting on gender pay gap data has fallen by 80 per cent.

Female FTSE 100 directors earning 73 per cent less than male counterparts

Aug 23, 2021 | 0

How can businesses effect real change at board level?

Matthew Armstrong: Social Media Checks; Getting Them Right

Aug 4, 2021 | 0

“Using social media to assess cultural fit and mitigate reputational risk is no longer a ‘nice to have option’ but a core element of the screening process.”

Chinwe Odimba-Chapman and Raphael Mokades: Fighting Class Discrimination – Unintended Consequences

Jul 21, 2021 | 0

“For all its good intentions, we believe that using the Equality Act to tackle class discrimination could be problematic, and even counter-productive.”

Under a fifth of staff believe there is gender equality at work

May 20, 2021 | 0

In what ways can companies champion gender equality in their organisations?

Language in job adverts contributing towards ageism in recruitment

Apr 23, 2021 | 0

Older candidates were found to be much less receptive to words in job adverts such as “innovative” and “adaptable”.

Over half of job adverts displaying unconscious bias towards men

Mar 18, 2021 | 0

Which sectors displayed the most biased language within their job adverts?

Stuart Branch: How Weetabix has closed the gender pay gap in the past year

Feb 26, 2021 | 0

“We want to attract and nurture the top talent and we know that creating a fair, empowering and inclusive workplace culture supports this goal.”

How do HR and Gen Z view recruitment processes differently?

Dec 1, 2020 | 0

How can HR make recruitment processes more tailored to what the new workforce value?

Geoffroy de Lestrange: How HR leaders can set a culture of challenging unconscious bias

Dec 1, 2020 | 0

“It is the duty of the HR leaders to ensure that there is a culture of challenging unconscious bias to guarantee the workplace is not only diverse, but safe for everyone.”