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Published: 28 Apr 2022
Hospitality bosses have agreed a strict zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment of staff in their venues with the launch of a new action plan today.
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Published: 26 Apr 2022
We have written to local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales about the war in Ukraine and their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty.
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Published: 04 Apr 2022
A practical guide to the law in relation to single-sex spaces has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) today. The guidance helps service providers to make lawful decisions about any services they offer to women and men separately, by explaining the permitted sex and gender reassignment exceptions in the Equality Act 2010.
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Published: 04 Apr 2022
As the statutory regulator charged with upholding equality and human rights laws and standards, we protect all people in Britain against discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. It is an important part of our role to explain how the law works in practice.
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Published: 01 Apr 2022
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has encouraged critics to reset relations after the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA), which assesses national human rights institutions, rejected a request by campaigners to review the EHRC’s international accreditation.
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Published: 31 Mar 2022
Discrimination online and in artificial intelligence is one of the priorities in our new strategy to tackle the most significant equality and human rights challenges facing modern Britain.
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Published: 30 Mar 2022
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is supporting footballer Rico Quitongo in his race discrimination claim against his former club and a club director.
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Published: 09 Mar 2022
Statement following the last formal meeting of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Disability Advisory Committee.
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Published: 30 Sep 2021
Companies with 250 or more employees are being reminded that that they are required to report their gender pay gap by Tuesday 5 October.
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Published: 23 Jul 2021
The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) have signed a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), committing them to improving their assessment and review of the impact of their policies on people with protected characteristics.
