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Religious discrimination | Vegans win Equality Bill protection

The government’s attempts to outlaw religious discrimination in the workplace turned into farce last week when a draft code of practice was published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.The code aims to help employers interpret the Equality Bill, but… continue

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Retirement age on its last legs

Despite the recent High Court decision in the Heyday challenge to the default retirement age, which ruled that it is legal for employers to force workers to retire at 65, its days are surely numbered. Pressure is growing on the… continue

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Carers and the Equality Bill

At an event last night held by membership forum Employers for Carers to help celebrate the launch of Carers Week. Nearly one in seven UK workers are carers (according to the 2001 census), with official estimates that claim as many… continue

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Keeping older people in work can save brain cells

Research conducted by the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London and reported in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry suggests that a good way of cutting the number of people suffering from age related dementia is to keep your brain active,… continue

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Firms won’t publish pay gaps voluntarily, despite Equality Bill

As expected the Equality Bill contained a few surprises. I realise that’s an oxymoron, but the government always likes to think its new draft legislation contains a few ‘shock factors’, despite the fact that most of the press including Personnel… continue

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Positive action could lead to claims of discrimination

The one provision of the Equality Bill  which I find troubling is the idea that employers will be able to recruit people from an under-represented group when there are candidates of equal merit. One problem with this is that in the real… continue

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Top professions becoming more socially exclusive

If you want to be a lawyer, doctor, accountant or top civil servant then it helps massively if your family is wealthy and you attended public school. Not exactly a revelation, but the social mobility gap is getting worse, according… continue

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Would equal pay audits work?

News this week that the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is not planning to lobby the government to introduce mandatory equal pay audits came as a shock to many, despite the fact the equalities body has long said the… continue

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ECJ Heyday decision sparks outrage

Personnel Today’s drive to force the government to commit to scrapping the default retirement age (DRA) has stepped up a gear yet again, with outraged reaction from all angles to the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) decision last week to refer the… continue

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CIPD BNP debate rumbles on

My story about the CIPD member named as a BNP activist on a leaked membership list, which featured on the front page of Personnel Today this week, has got the forums and message boards buzzing. The debate over whether the… continue

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