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Neurodiversity in Insurance

​Our very own Actuarial recruitment expert, Adam Jones, has contributed to a neurodiversity article in The Journal, a publication by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).In collaboration with Dr...

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MERJE's Workplace Menopause Representative

​What is a workplace menopause champion? Does your business need one? Let's chat to Ellie Sykes to find out...​You kickstarted our efforts to make MERJE a more 'menopause friendly' workplace, what ...

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Menopause Support: What the team says...

BUPA research has revealed that almost 900,000 women in the UK have left their jobs because of menopausal symptoms. CIPD has found that a third of women said they had been unable to go into work...

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Menopause in the Workplace

​As many businesses are, we’re on a journey to establish a completely inclusive, welcoming workplace that encourages and allows staff to thrive. Recently, this has seen us look into how we can bett...

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7 D&I actions your business can take right now

​According to this Glassdoor survey, when trying to understand what a company’s commitment to D&I is truly like, people trust the organisation’s employees the most. Very few would rely on the senio...

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​Black Role Models in Business

We celebrate some of the UK’s leading black entrepreneurs during Black History MonthBusinesses led by ethnic-minority entrepreneurs contribute at least £74 billion a year to the UKEight of the UK’s...

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​Applying wise words from inspirational black people to your career

October brings with it Black History Month, and this year we decided to honour the occasion with a selection of inspirational quotes from five celebrated black people and explore how they can be ap...

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D&I in Financial Services

As we know, Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is an approach taken to build more diverse teams, promote an inclusive workplace and develop a better organisational culture. Such changes are vital to ens...

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The benefits of Diversity & Inclusion: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

​61% of employees believe diversity and inclusion strategies are beneficial and essential.Why is it so important to create an office culture which is as diverse as it is inclusive? With corporate D...

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​How to help employees tackle loneliness and isolation

Mental Health Awareness Week runs from May 9 to 15 and this year’s theme explores the experience of loneliness, its effect on mental health and how we can all play a part in reducing it. Loneline...

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Autism-inclusive Workplaces: How to create and why they're important

Autism currently affects 1 to 2% of the UK populationJust 22% of autistic adults are in any kind of employmentNeurodiverse workforces can be more productive, in some cases by 30%​World Autism Aware...

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Trans-Inclusivity in the Workplace

International Transgender Day of Visibility takes place annually on March 31 to celebrate transgender and gender non-conforming people, their contributions to society and to raise awareness of disc...

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Motherhood on your CV: What and how to include?

​In our recent article Motherhood on your CV: Yes or No?, we discussed how raising children helps to cultivate skills which are useful in the workplace and why these absolutely have their place on ...

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Motherhood on your CV: Yes or No?

As part of our MERJE Together mission to support workplace equality, we're exploring the case for putting the skills acquired during motherhood on your a CVThere’s little doubt the majority of the ...

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Mental Health in the Workplace: How employers can support their teams
It's Time to Talk about workplace mental health

Time to Talk Day takes place on February 3 and marks the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s the day that families, communities and workplaces come together to talk, listen and change...

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How to support people with disabilities at work post-Covid

​International Day of People with Disabilities is an annual event that aims to recognise the challenges, barriers and opportunities for people who live with disabilities. In 2021, it is backed by a...

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Dyslexia Awareness Week 2021

​Dyslexia Awareness Week 2021 takes place from October 4 to 10 and World Dyslexia Awareness Day on October 7. Our MERJE Together pledge states that we are passionate about empowering every individu...

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Black History Month: Get involved

​Black History Month aims to raise awareness of and draw attention to the major part people from African and Caribbean backgrounds have played in British history.Individuals and organisations rally...

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World Breastfeeding Week: How employers can support breastfeeding mothers on their return to work

The beginning of August marks World Breastfeeding Week, which looks at ways to inform, anchor, engage and galvanise action on breastfeeding and related issues. This is particularly significant for...

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Six ways to see if a business is truly committed to Diversity & Inclusion

​During Pride Month, we’ve been exploring the importance of creating diverse and inclusive work environments which bring together employees from various backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles.As a re...