Equality and Human Rights Commission

In July 2008 the government announced plans for the introduction of a new equality duty. This will cover all seven equality strands i.e. race, gender, gender identity, disability, age, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

You can read more information on the new equality duty and other forthcoming legislation here in our Equality Bill pages.

The equality duty will not come into force until 2011 and so it is important until this time that you continue to meet your legal obligations under the race, disability and gender equality duties.