as a firm, we have also published our pay gap data for ethnicity, disability, social mobility and sexual orientation and incorporated data for our UK Partners. We encourage others to also go beyond the current Pay Gap legislation to help accelerate diversity in the profession and across business...
A number of key agreements and pieces of legislation within the UK have provided an important 'framework' for the conservation of our national biological diversity. In this paper an overview of the framework is provided and the associated research requirements classified into three broad themes: aut...
Learn how diversity and inclusiveness means growth, and see our recent awards from respected organizations who have recognized these efforts. Read more On the agenda(5) Skip west People and workforce Featured: How Mobility functions can evolve and thrive with a workforce in flux ...
Legislation compels us to provide separate data for any legal entity that employs over 250 people. Accenture UK Limited's median gender pay gap is 16.7% compared with the UK median of 14.3%; Accenture Marketing Services Limited's median gender pay gap is 22.8%; and the combined figure is ...
The legislation provides for businesses that are the subject of a competition law investigation or infringement finding to enter into a redress scheme, under which they voluntarily compensate parties that have suffered a loss due to the anti-competitive conduct in question. The intention is that ...
In this Sidley Update we cover, on the UK side, recent enforcement activity by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), changes to its guidance on the controller regime, the results of its non-financial misconduct survey, and HM Treasury’s publication of draft legislation establishing the con...
This page covers selected developments in UK companies legislation, prospective legislation and related matters of professional concern to accountants in practice, industry or commerce.
It's an odd sentiment to suggest kids could be learning too much beyond their years as relationships and sex education (RSE) as a mandatory subject in schools has only been part of UK legislation as recently as September 2020. It's especially inaccurate to suggest children could be learning...
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Our Climate Change and Sustainability Services (‘CCaSS’) team provide expert advice to clients on sustainability and human rights in relation to their business practices. We utilise the team’s experience within our own business too. They devise and deliver training on human rights and modern sla...