diversity & equality in business
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Call to boycott Tesco over 'endangered' white men claimPoliticians, business experts and women’s groups condemn supermarket chairman’s comments about UK boardrooms
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MPs debate ban on sexist workplace dress codes – video reportLabour MPs Helen Jones and Gill Furniss and equalities minister Caroline Dinenage debate a ban on mandatory workplace high heels -
MPs debate sexist workplace dress codes following petitionParliament hears reports of women being told to wear high heels and revealing clothing or bleach their hair blond
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Police say they were 'authorized by McDonald's' to arrest protesters, suit claimsFight for $15 chapter in Memphis alleges that officers engaged in surveillance and intimidation of fast-food worker organization
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BME career progression 'could add £24bn a year to UK economy'Review of race in the workplace makes economic as well as moral case for more diverse workforces
opinion & analysis
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MPs say sexist workplace practices should end – and they’re right. But we must also root out unconscious bias and assumptions based on clothingDon’t judge a book by the cover – or a worker by their outfit
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'I felt utterly harassed' – your stories of returning to work after parental leaveWith MPs calling on government and employers to do more, we asked readers to share their stories of returning to work
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'I'd do it again in a heartbeat' – your stories of being a stay-at-home dadA report found 53% of fathers want a less stressful job in order to help with childcare. We asked readers to share their stories of being a stay-at-home dad
featured topics
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Social impactSocial impactWhy your NHS surgeon could be a robot in the futureDay-to-day interactions between humans and machines may well become commonplace in hospitals within a decade
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Financial inclusionFinancial inclusionThe unbanked: stop catering for the middle classes and open up to the worldGrand plans to get a further 2 billion people in the formal financial system sound impressive, but scepticism abounds
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Guardian sustainable business Australian women at work: underpaid, discriminated against and told to be 'more confident'