International Women's Day

Posted on 4th March 2024

8th March is International Women's Day - a day to celebrate the achievements of women, raise awareness of ongoing challenges and encourage action towards eqaulity.

Unfortunately, too many companies treat the day as a marketing campaign, rather than working towards real change. In recent years, the Gender Pay Gap Bot has highlighted this by sharing firms' gender pay gap alongside their International Womens Day posts. The bot has over 230,000 followers, and has become a staple part of the day. It's no longer enough to talk about equality - staff and customers want to see real effort and will challenge any sign of hypocrisy.

Are you sure your actions match up to your social media posts? If not, it might be safer to spend the day reflecting and improving. We've selected our most relevant resources to get you started:

Policies that impact disproportionately on employees with childcare responsibilities can be discriminatory, as the tribunal accepts that women generally take on more of the family caring responsibilities. Find out how to reduce the risks of flexible working (including the potential for discrimination).

Sex as an occupational requirement

There are times when you can recruit based upon protected characteristics - as highlighted when Dundee and Angus College hired a man to be their period dignity officer.

Liability for harassment

The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act) Bill, which takes force in October 2024, places employers under an obligation to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees. Find out more about how to protect your employees and your business.

Non-disclosure agreements have been widely misused to cover up sexual harassment. With the misuse of NDA’s being publicly exposed and people openly breaching them, are such agreements still legitimate or effective? Or is it time to consign them to legal history?

Tagged as: Discrimination, Equality and inclusion

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