The Employers Forum on Belief (EFB) was founded as an informal network of employers interested in religion and belief at work in 2004.

The forum offers employers practical guidance and shares good practice around issues such as dress codes, religious holidays, the inter-relationship between religious belief and other diversity strands and conflict in the workplace. It is not affiliated to any religious group or philosophical belief and is concerned with employment; employers and employees.

In the autumn of 2007, EFB supporters asked the Employers Forum on Age (EFA) to run a 12 month pilot to explore employers’ demand for extending EFB activity to include:

• Religion and Belief equality training via seminars and workshops
• An annual conference to explore emerging workplace issues on religion and belief
• Good practice employment policy information & networking on religion and belief
• Regular information, briefings and legal updates for employers
• A 'think tank' facility for business leaders on the agenda

The EFB will also present the views of UK employers to Government, the media and opinion formers on this agenda.

It is proposed that activity will expand over time to meet identified employer needs.