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News
Published: 04 Mar 2019
More employers need to recognise the benefits of using positive action to increase the number of female, disabled and ethnic minority apprentices in Britain.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 27 Feb 2019
This section contains online video resources about EU equality legislation
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Guidance for employers on equality law and dismissal, redundancy and retirement.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Sometimes there are situations where equality law applies differently. This guide explains the situations.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
This guide looks at making sure you are not discriminating unlawfully in dismissing a disabled person, dismissing a disabled person because they can no longer do the job and procedures.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Guidance for employers on avoiding discrimination when making redundancy decisions.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Guidance for managers on managing retirement and changes in the law since April 2011.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 15 Jul 2019
We look at how you can make sure you are not discriminating unlawfully in selecting people for redundancy, and in particular how this applies to references.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Guidance for employers on equality law and dismissal, redundancy and retirement.
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First Published: 01 Jun 2014
This guide explains what human rights are relevant to business. It sets out six steps to help you identify and manage human rights impacts in your business operations. It also explains how nine key human rights may be relevant to your business.
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First Published: 22 Jul 2014
This publication aims to provide guidance on the equality law framework within which appointments to boards must be made. It is intended for companies, nomination committees, search firms and recruitment agencies in England, Scotland and Wales.
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First Published: 01 Jul 2014
This briefing paper uses data from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study to investigate small and medium-sized enterprises or organisations in the private and voluntary sectors. It compares workplaces from SMEs with those from large organisations in an analysis of: organisation characteristics; workforce profiles; employment relations, including equality issues; and employee views.
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First Published: 23 Apr 2011
This briefing paper seeks to present within a single, short, document the best available, and publicly accessible, recent statistical data in the United Kingdom (UK) relating to gender pay gaps.
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First Published: 09 Jun 2014
This briefing paper seeks to present within a single, short, document the best available, and publicly accessible, recent statistical data in the United Kingdom (UK) relating to gender pay gaps.
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First Published: 01 Aug 2013
Document providing guidance for employers for developing an effective workplace policy for domestic abuse.
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News
Published: 11 May 2016
The Commission's Chief Executive Rebecca Hilsenrath comments on the news that a receptionist was sent home from work for refusing to wear high heels.
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Last updated: 03 Jun 2016
Our objective was to assess whether appointment practices were transparent and fair, resulted in selection based on merit and improved the representation of women on boards.
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First Published: 01 Jun 2014
This short guide set out how employers could use flexible working and manage redundancies fairly during the economic downturn.
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News
Published: 29 Jun 2016
Reforms to the legal aid system, the introduction of employment tribunal fees and changes to the social security system have all been highlighted as major human rights concern
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News
Published: 07 Jul 2016
Targets set by government to increase the representation of women on FTSE company boards show a ‘paucity of ambition’ and don’t go anywhere near far enough
