On 13 April the recently merged UK telecommunications giant unveiled new commitments to improve inclusion and gender equality within the group over the next five years. The group’s ‘All In’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) strategy is the first since the merger between Virgin media and O2 in 2021 and includes company funding for gender transition treatment for its transgender and non-binary employees.

Promoting the return of women to work and achieving gender equality are the objectives of Chile’s 2021-2030 National Plan for Workplace Equity, unveiled on 03 March by Women's and Equality Minister Mónica Zalaquett, accompanied by the Ministers of the Economy and Labour. While the Covid-19 health crisis has led hundreds of thousands of Chilean women to be laid off or forced to leave their jobs, the goal of the national ‘roadmap’ is to reach, by 2030, the OECD average workplace female participation rate, i.e., 63.8%, compared to its current rate of barely 50%.

The Matmut insurance group has adopted a new company agreement addressing the employment of those in situations of disability and care giving. The agreement, which reinforces its inclusion policy, was unanimously signed by the employees’ representative organisations ( CFE-CGC, FO, CFDT, SN2A-CFTC and CGT). Covering the period 2022-2024, the text in particular provides for the hiring of at least 60 employees living with disability and establishes a system whereby care giving employees can access ‘working day donations’.