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#BalanceforBetter: International Women’s Day, March 8

“The world expects balance. We notice its absence and celebrate its presence”.

The ethnicity pay gap: latest figures and next steps

A report last year from The Resolution Foundation revealed that black and ethnic minority employees are losing out on a shocking £3.2bn a year. Black women graduates earn on average £1.56 less per hour than white women graduates.

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Vessy Tasheva: Bringing diversity and inclusion to tech and beyond

The 2019 Diversity in the Workplace Report takes a comprehensive look at the companies across the globe who are doing diversity and inclusion ‘right’. We spoke to the author, 32-year-old Vessy Tasheva, about why she created the report and what we can all learn from it.

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Beyond the gender pay gap: 3 more ‘gaps’ you need to know

By now, we all understand the importance of the gender pay gap, but what about the other ‘gaps’ in the workplace? The imbalances that need redressing if everyone is to have an equal shot of success?

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Paul Lynam on how to plug the gender pay gap

The real question is why are there not more senior women?

Gender Gaps and the Glass Cliff

The gender gap may be narrowing – but it’s also re-opened old fault lines, as evinced by 2018’s World Economic Forum report.

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Tracy Weir on the gender pay gap

Some industries will look more closely at their salary than others, running frequent benchmarking. But women need to be encouraged more to take bigger roles.