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Draft EHRC Code of Practice: Don't Panic!

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has caused a bit of a stir with its draft Employment Statutory Code of Practice on the Equality Bill (external link), specifically in relation to discrimination on the ground of religion or belief. Read...

Published 16 Mar 2010 8:47 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, discrimination, religion, equality bill, philosophical belief, EHRC, Grainger, Nicholson, belief

EHRC outlines new gender pay reporting proposals

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published its proposals for employers reporting gender pay gaps (on the EHRC website). The watchdog has outlined the voluntary measures organisations with more than 250 employees can use to publish information...

Published 19 Jan 2010 3:56 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, equal pay, equality bill, gender pay gap, employers

Report stage of Equality Bill: 2 December

The Report Stage of the Equality Bill has been listed for 2 December - see progress of the Equality Bill on the Parliament website. At this stage the Bill is considered as a whole, rather than clause by clause. See also: Next Stage of the Equality Bill...

Published 1 Dec 2009 6:56 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, equality bill

Had transgender surgery? - then prove it with a photograph

A Philadelphia transgender woman was asked to provide a surgeon's report and, most shockingly, photographs of her genitals, before being allowed to use the women's toilets, according to the Usefully Employed blog. Read More...

Published 17 Aug 2009 8:49 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equality bill, gender reassignment

The Equality Bill: simplifying discrimination law?

By distilling the current discrimination legislation into one Equality Bill, the Government hopes to achieve a clearer legal framework for equality that will be easier to understand and implement. But has it done this? The three-part detailed analysis...

Published 30 Jun 2009 12:25 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, sex discrimination, discrimination, equality bill, disability discrimination, race discrimination, positive action

Government consults on public sector equality duties

The Government has issued a consultation on specific duties designed to help public authorities perform the general equality duty set out in the Equality Bill. The consultation can be viewed on the Government Equalities Office website Equality Bill: making...

Published 15 Jun 2009 5:46 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, equality bill

Equal pay audits: how hard can it be?

Equal pay audits. How difficult can they be? Well, if you have read the Equalities and Human Rights Commission's guide to the process, you may well come to the conclusion that they are both enormously difficult and exceptionally time consuming. But...

Published 29 Apr 2009 4:13 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, equal pay, equality bill

Equality Bill: consultation on multiple discrimination

The Government has issued a consultation paper, Equality Bill: assessing the impact of a multiple discrimination provision (PDF format, 892K) (on the Government Equalities Office website), on its plans for making provision for multiple discrimination...

Published 29 Apr 2009 2:56 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, age, sex discrimination, religion, equality bill, disability discrimination, sexual orientation, race discrimination, gender reassignment

Equality Bill laid before Parliament

The Equality Bill 2009 is expected to be published in full on 27 April 2009, having been laid before Parliament today. House of Commons order of business for 24 April 2009 First reading of Equality Bill in Parliament Read More...

Published 24 Apr 2009 4:23 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, equality bill

Equal Pay Act 'no longer fit for purpose', says EHRC

The 1975 Equal Pay Act is "no longer fit for purpose" and requires "radical reform" in order to speed up the closing of the gender pay gap, according to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Read More...

Published 16 Mar 2009 1:35 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, equal pay, equality bill, gender pay gap

Harman launches new equality panel

Harriet Harman , Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Equalities, addressed the TUC conference in Brighton this morning, and followed it up with a questions-and-answers session with delegates. Harman was speaking in her role as Minister for...

Published 10 Sep 2008 2:55 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, tuc, employee relations, industrial relations, equality bill

Equality Bill - the approach to existing discrimination provisions

The government's June 2008 document setting out initial information on the forthcoming single Equality Bill (on the Equalities Office website) concentrated on new provisions, including the outlawing of pay secrecy clauses and an extension of positive...

Published 22 Jul 2008 2:22 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: sex discrimination, equal pay, religion, equality bill, disability discrimination, sexual orientation, race discrimination

Plans to "declutter" and "strengthen" discrimination law

The Government has begun the countdown to the introduction of its single Equality Bill with the publication of Framework for a fairer future - the Equality Bill (on the Equalities Office website), setting out initial details of the Bill's contents...

Published 27 Jun 2008 8:06 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, discrimination, equality bill

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Draft EHRC Code of Practice: Don't Panic!

EHRC outlines new gender pay reporting proposals

Report stage of Equality Bill: 2 December

Had transgender surgery? - then prove it with a photograph

The Equality Bill: simplifying discrimination law?

Government consults on public sector equality duties

Equal pay audits: how hard can it be?

Equality Bill: consultation on multiple discrimination

Equality Bill laid before Parliament

Equal Pay Act 'no longer fit for purpose', says EHRC

Harman launches new equality panel

Equality Bill - the approach to existing discrimination provisions

Plans to "declutter" and "strengthen" discrimination law