Legislation
Equality Act 2010
Full text of the Act as enacted and revised, with explanatory notes. The Act came into force on 1 October 2010.
Legal Services Act 2007
Full text of the Act as enacted and revised, with explanatory notes.
Industrial Cases Reports Express (ICLR)
Free case summaries involving employment law, discrimination and other subjects.
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01-04-2016
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Online articles
The Library provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
How the UK tech industry is failing Black women
Passed over for promotion and struggling to fit into workplace cultures, Black women in technology see little progress in an industry fixated on diversity optics rather than inclusion. The article features quotes from more than a dozen Black women working in technology roles, who spoke to CIO.com on the back of a British Computer Society (BCS) and Coding Black Females (CBF) 2022 report - 'The Experiences of Black Women in the IT Industry'.
Life experiences of a Black accounting student and faculty member
Mark C.Dawkins discusses his life experiences as a Black student studying accounting at several predominantly white institutions and then as a Black accounting faculty member serving for 28 years. He includes some personal thoughts, memories and experiences, with the aim of providing some insights about the need for and benefits derived from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, initiatives and programs for accounting students.
BDO aims to increase diversity and inclusion
An interview with Bernadette Pieters, who was appointed as BDO USA's first diversity, equity and inclusion officer in 2022. She discusses the progress made at the firm towards improving their recruitment of employees from wider backgrounds. 'Intentional mentoring' to help retain staff from diverse backgrounds is one of her focuses.
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