Entries by Benjamin Thornber

What is the Government doing about the Gig Economy?

What is the Government doing about the Gig Economy?   With great fanfare earlier this month, the Government published its proposals about how to deal with employment rights for the age of the Gig Economy.  Result?  Further delay and consultation. This came in the wake of the Taylor Review into modern working practices, published in […]

Gender Pay Gap – Do you want others to know how much you earn?

Gender Pay Gap – Do you want others to know how much do you earn? 2018 has started with a bang when it comes to the gender pay gap issue. News headlines abound everywhere.  Firstly, at the BBC with Carrie Gracie resigning over pay equality with colleagues, and John Humphries taking a `voluntary’ massive pay […]

Why I hid my disability from my bosses

Disability and the Workplace Why I hid my disability from my bosses I would like to say I came up with this headline.  But the credit goes to a recent article in Management Today. It is about an uplifting story of Caroline Casey who hid her blindness from her employer (Accenture) but still managed to […]