The EHRC is using its powers under the Equality Act to open an investigation, which will look at whether BBC staff experienced unlawful pay discrimination from 1 January 2016. Formal and informal pay complaints raised with the BBC by staff will be looked at to decide if there has been unlawful pay discrimination against women and whether complaints have been adequately resolved.
The EHRC hope to finish its investigation by the end of 2019 and will publish a report once the investigation is done, setting out the findings, any action taken and recommendations for the BBC.
Further information about the scope of the investigation can be found in the Terms of Reference.
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Voluntary Reporting on Disability, Mental Health and Wellbeing 15 April 2019
A framework has been developed by the Government to support employers to report voluntarily on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
The framework has been developed by the Government in partnership with large employers and expert partners (including leading charities) to support organisations to record and voluntarily report information on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
The framework is aimed at large employers with over 250 employees but can also be used to support smaller employers who are keen to drive greater transparency in their organisation or industry.
The Government believes that transparency and reporting are effective levers in driving the culture change required to build a more inclusive society.
The independent Thriving at Work Review conducted by Paul Farmer and Lord Dennis Stevenson, published in October 2017, recommended that employers should report more information about their actions on workplace mental health on a voluntary basis.
In November 2017, the Government’s Improving Lives command paper committed to working with partners, including employers, to develop a framework for voluntary reporting on disability and mental health.
The framework itself is a two-page guide to support employers to take a first step on the journey towards greater transparency.
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Positive mental health in the workplace 13 May 2019
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, an opportunity for employers to take steps to tackle the work-related causes of stress in its organisation and encourage staff to seek help at the earliest opportunity.
According to a report from the Mental Health Foundation in 2016, the value added to the economy by people who are at work and have or have had mental health problems is as high as £225 billion per year, which represents 12.1% of the UK's total GDP. 11 million days lost a year According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) over 11 million days are lost at work a year because of stress at work and in 2015/16 over 480,000 people in the UK reported that work-related stress was making them ill. This amounts to nearly 40% of all work-related illness.
Stigma still remains
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