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#TimesUp for gender inequality in the workplace

The #TimesUp movement highlights the drastic changes society needs to make in order to eliminate gender inequality.

Human Resources

One in five women are overlooked by their boss while on maternity leave

A new study interviewed 1,000 women who have taken maternity leave in the last three years. It found that a significant number of working mothers feel alienated and overlooked while on maternity leave.

Human Resources

Is it illegal to require staff to be ‘attractive’?

With more and more stories emerging of businesses not focussing on equality when recruiting, we take a look at how businesses can be more inclusive.

Entrepreneurs

Why support for women returning to work is vital for business success

The Spring Budget vowed to support women coming back to work by offering £5m, but does it go far enough?

Human Resources

6 ways to counter a condescending boss

Close to half of all working women in Britain face this form of sexism. Here are six ways to deal with a patronising boss.

Human Resources

What employers need to know about the gender pay gap

Kate Palmer, head of advisory at Peninsula, explains how employers can break the cycle of underpaying female staff.

Human Resources

Why female engineering students leave the field

Female engineers are leaving an already male-dominated engineering field due to a culture that does not take them seriously.

Human Resources

Women too competitive at work, but not competitive enough

Women take competition at work too seriously and it could be damaging their careers, according to research from UCL School of Management, which may set gender representation back by 30 years. But how much of this is the systemic pigeon-holing of skilled, powerful women long before they're a 'threat' to the system?|Women take competition at work too seriously and it could be damaging their careers, according to research from UCL School of Management, which may set gender representation back by 30 years. But how much of this is the systemic pigeon-holing of skilled, powerful women long before they're a 'threat' to the system?

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