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Interested in a flexible working approach? If you feel like your company should be adopting a more flexible approach to work, here’s a few tips on how you can build your case.
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Working From Home Effectively
30/03/2020
Working from home can take some adjustment, particularly if you have always worked in an office or other type of environment before. Whilst it can be great to be surrounded by home comforts, it is also easy to get distracted. Here are some tips to help you to be productive and stay focused when w... -
Is a more flexible approach right for you?
08/04/2019
Flexible working is on the rise. Often regarded as an option for new parents or carers, a more adaptable approach to office hours is increasingly being seen as a way to create a happier world of work for employees and employers alike. -
Across the UK, only 6% of young people with learning difficulties are in employment, and at present, employees with disabilities earn nearly £1 an hour less than non-disabled workers.
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Can flexible working arrangements benefit both employers and employees? If so, what are the barriers preventing our workplaces from adopting these practices on a much wider scale?
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Guardian Jobs spoke to Sandra Kerr, Race Equality Director for Business in the Community, to gain a greater understanding of the prejudices facing employees from ethnic minorities in UK workplaces today.
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Dr Jill Miller is policy adviser for the CIPD, responsible for the organisation’s diversity and inclusion agenda. We spoke to Miller regarding the UK’s aging workforce.
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The Guardian Jobs team spoke to Alyson Malach, director of Equality and Diversity UK. Alyson is the author of a number of publications and articles on education and equality.
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For a whole host of people working in the Christmas industry, the stresses and strains of December 25 aren’t limited to a last minute present dash, or rescuing burnt potatoes...
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As many as 65% of women in the UK workforce feel they have experienced wage inequality, according to Guardian Jobs research.
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Wellbeing in the workplace 2016
16/05/2016
This is the second part of Guardian Jobs’ equality, inclusion and wellbeing in the workplace series, focusing on wellbeing at work. -
The first of a four part research series from Guardian Jobs looking into gender equality in the workplace 2016.
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The New Year brings hope. Vaccinations are on their way and we will start to see a gradual return of many of the cherished things we’ve lost such as hugging loved ones and having a social life. However, do we want the way we work to go back to how it was pre-Covid? Our experience with coaching...
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10 Essential Career-Boosting and Career Survival Tips for Managing your Career during a Pandemic
05/11/2020
So at a time of huge societal disruption, how do you shift your career to a place that better reflects your new priorities while still protecting your livelihood? Here’s our essential tips. -
Part 3: Impact of children on gender imbalance in the workplace - we surveyed a nationally representative sample of the UK workforce to understand the issues as part of the ‘equality, inclusion and wellbeing in the workplace’ series: Gender equality
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Part 2: Pay equality in the workplace - we surveyed a nationally representative sample of the UK workforce to understand the issues as part of the ‘equality, inclusion and wellbeing in the workplace’ series: Gender equality.
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Part 1: Experience and prevalence of gender inequality - we surveyed a nationally representative sample of the UK workforce to understand the issues as part of the ‘equality, inclusion and wellbeing in the workplace’ series: Gender equality
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Career advisers told me to hide my disability on applications, but being open and turning it into a strength helped me get a graduate job