Articles by Emily Burt

Recruitment and retention

Apprenticeship starts picking up, official figures suggest
1 May 2019

Government’s Skills Index shows uptick in high-quality apprenticeships, but experts issue warning over broader decline in further education
Diversity and inclusion

Employers should work harder to engage LGBT+ allies, say experts
29 Apr 2019

Stonewall conference urges better communication, with 35 per cent of LGBT staff having hidden their sexuality at work
Diversity and inclusion

Many employers' gender pay gaps have widened – but is it their fault?
25 Apr 2019

Despite their best efforts, a number of companies have published larger pay gaps in the second round of reporting. But where do they go now, and is the government’s flagship diversity strategy working?
Employment law

Paramedic who fell out of ambulance was unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules
25 Apr 2019

NHS trust told it ‘could not excuse’ a failure to make reasonable adjustments for long-term injury
Health and wellbeing

Wellbeing programmes have no short-term impact on employee health, study finds
18 Apr 2019

‘Bolt-on’ initiatives unlikely to return significant results without factoring in organisational culture
Employment law

Office administrator discovered male replacement was being paid £3,500 more for same role
16 Apr 2019

Leeds Employment Tribunal finds female employee was denied equal pay while training new colleague
Pay, benefits and reward

Employers must make ‘action plans, not excuses’ over gender pay
5 Apr 2019

Second round of reporting sees median pay gap increase, but experts say narratives are more important than data
Pay, benefits and reward

Public sector gender pay gap fractionally widens in second round of reporting
1 Apr 2019

Experts warn that organisations must not treat reporting as a ‘tick-box exercise’, as many fail to publish accompanying narratives