Discrimination
This coverage examines issues of discrimination within the UK jewellery industry, focusing on equality, diversity, and inclusion across all areas of employment and business practice. Jewellery Focus reports on initiatives addressing gender balance, representation, and fair treatment in the workplace, as well as regulatory updates and industry responses. Coverage includes commentary from trade bodies, leadership perspectives, and examples of best practice from across the sector. The content provides professionals with insight into how the jewellery trade is working to create a more equitable and inclusive industry.
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Jul- 2023 -24 JulyDesigners
Charlotte Cornelius Jewellery achieves Butterfly Mark
Bespoke jewellery designer Charlotte Cornelius Jewellery in Portsmouth has achieved the Positive Luxury Butterfly Mark.โ Since 1998, Charlotte Cornelius Jewellery has used ethical and sustainable practices to create โJewellery for Lifeโ under the creative and business leadership of its eponymous founder. โ The brand has also incorporated circular economy into…
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Jun- 2022 -6 JuneAuctions
Christieโs launches London Edit auction
Christieโs is set to launch a new online auction, Jewels Online: The London Edit, which will be open for bidding from 6 to 16 June. The auction features jewellery ranging from the early 19th Century to present day, among them being an antique natural pearl and diamond brooch.ย Signed jewels…
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Jun- 2018 -26 JuneDesigners
Gay couple accuses high street jeweller of discrimination after not having โhers and hersโ rings
A gay couple has accused H.Samuel of discrimination due to its lack of โhers and hersโ rings. The couple Astria Battisa and Rebecca Miscallef, 28 and 34, visited the high street jeweller in Birmingham Bullring on 7 June asking for identical white gold rings, which cost ยฃ1,399. However, the jeweller…
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Feb- 2018 -20 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
UK female recruitment still in the โdark agesโ
According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) new statistics have revealed British employers are โliving in the dark agesโ and have โworrying attitudesโ towards recruiting women. The survey of 1,106 senior decision makers in businesses revealed around a third (36%) of private sector employers agreed that it is…
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Nov- 2016 -10 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Women โeffectively working for free until end of 2016′ due to gender pay gap
Women will in effect work for free for the rest of the year because of the gender pay gap, a leading campaign group has said. The Fawcett Society has dubbed today (10 November) as Equal Pay Day (EPD) and claimed that the 13.9% pay gap means women are effectively working…
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Nov- 2014 -21 NovemberAdvice
ADVICE: When employees take the festive fun too far
Abigail Halcarz, employment lawyer at leading UK law firm SGH Martineau warns of the pitfalls of allowing festive fun at work to get out of hand. The Christmas adverts are on the telly, lists of โmust-haveโ presents are being compiled and carols will soon accompany shoppers on their travails, but…
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