In 2006 Opportunity Now produced the findings of further research into the Business Case for Gender Equality in the Workplace.

The findings compliment  previous research outcomes published in Diversity Dimensions: Integration into Organisational Culture' . 

Once again research into the need for the Business Case provides employers with thought provoking information and statistics.

The research focused probed into three key areas.

1) The work environment  2) The Organisation 3)Enhancing Organisational Effectiveness

The following pages provide direct access to specific outcomes in terms of facts and figures.

1. The work environment   

The work environment: present and future

The New World of Work

Specific focus on the implications to the labour force in terms of:-

Age,   

Black and Minority Ethnic Women,  

Disability, 

Global Statistics for Labour Force, 

Sexual Orientation, 

The Ageing Workforce: challenges and opportunities

Law and government policy

Law and Policy,

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Equal Pay

Women and Work commission

The markets in which business operate

Markets

2. The Organisation                 

A selection of web pages invite you to read about  considerations and needs under an umbrella of '   The Organisation':

• Critical success factors

• Creating a culture of innovation

• Creating high performance teams

• Effective leadership

• Engaged and motivated employees

• Ethics and values

• Organisation of work

• Recruiting and retaining talent

• Supplier diversity

3. Enhancing organisational perspectives    

Information providing a range of considerations around employer metrics are offered to promote thought on:

• Integrating diversity with organisational practices

• Developing metrics: measuring impact and costing the benefits

• Employee surveys

• Exit interviews

• Guidelines for communication and engagement

• Guidelines for using non-financial performance measures

• “Off the shelf” models for measurement