Diversity

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Diversity in the Irish aviation industry appears to be stagnant and has in fact declined in recent years, according to Mason Hayes & Curran. The business law firm today published its eighth annual survey of the industry, finding that almost two-thirds (64 per cent) said there had been no improve

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Mason Hayes & Curran will provide staff with up to five days' paid menopause leave as part of a package of measures aimed at supporting employees navigating the challenges associated with menopause. In an announcement coinciding with World Menopause Day, the business law firm said it will introd

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Education plays a crucial role in promoting social mobility and should form part of organisations' diversity and inclusion strategies, a conference hosted by Matheson LLP and Trinity College Dublin has heard. The annual D&I conference brought together a cross-section of leaders from a diverse nu

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Matheson has partnered with University College Dublin (UCD) to launch a new Matheson Diversity in Law Newman Fellowship which aims to promote greater diversity within the legal profession. The fellowship will contribute to building research-based evidence in the field of access to legal education fo

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Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has launched its new diversity and inclusion strategy at a staff party which highlighted its progress over recent years. Guest speaker Emma Lyttle from Diversity Mark was at the event to communicate the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion, recognising

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The Bar of Northern Ireland, with the support of Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan, has launched a new Legal Diversity Project aimed at promoting equality, inclusion and social mobility throughout the legal profession. An inaugural event which took place at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfas

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Men should refrain from discussing sport and "opera" in the workplace to avoid excluding women and minorities, according to an English judge. Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, said that conversations at work dominated by such discussions could prevent women and ethnic-minority people from takin

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Diversity at board or C-suite level in the aviation industry has declined in recent years, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has found. Just 17 per cent of those surveyed by the law firm report that the percentage of employees at C-suite or board level that identify as female, or as a member

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The Belfast office of UK law firm TLT has been recognised with the Silver Diversity Mark on its first round of application, two years after it was first awarded the Bronze Diversity Mark. The Diversity Mark accreditation is a mark of progress that allows organisations to demonstrate to their own peo

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Northern Ireland solicitors, trainees, legal executives, legal analysts and paralegals have been invited to take part in a new equality and diversity survey. The survey, being conducted by the Law Society of Northern Ireland's human rights and equality group, aims to provide a snapshot of the solici

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Ronan Daly Jermyn (RDJ) has been awarded the Investors in Diversity Silver mark from the Irish Centre for Diversity in recognition of its commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The Investors in Diversity equality, diversity and inclusion accreditation mark programme is run

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Ronan Daly Jermyn has launched new scholarships aimed at supporting Black, Asian or minority ethnic law students at University College Cork. The Ronan Daly Jermyn Diversity Scholarship will provide successful students a scholarship of €5,000 as well as a work placement or internship with RDJ.

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Matheson has shared its "diversity and inclusion journey" with Irish business leaders at the National Diversity and Inclusion Conference. Chairperson Tara Doyle spoke at the conference's first session – “Diversity & Inclusion in Action” – alongside representatives from AM

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Matheson, in association with Trinity College Dublin (TCD), has named law student Niall Brennan as the 2020 winner of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship. The scholarship is open to second-year undergraduate law students at TCD who are either on the Higher Education Access Route (HE

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