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Care agency investigated over pre-employment health questions
Last updated: 20 June 2019
We have launched an investigation into the care agency Elite CarePlus Ltd, after receiving evidence that it was asking pre-employment health questions...
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Business leaders must prove they’re taking action on ending sexual harassment
Last updated: 4 December 2017
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to Chairs of the FTSE 100 saying it will take legal action where there is evidence of systemic...
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Asylum seekers in Britain unable to access healthcare
Last updated: 5 December 2018
Cost and fears about how they will be treated, or consequences for their immigration status, are preventing people seeking or refused asylum from...
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Crime and disabled people report
Last updated: 19 August 2021
Report updating the Commission's research findings on crime and disabled people.
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Research report 103: Crime and disabled people (2016)
Last updated: 6 September 2016
This report provides the latest data and analysis for England, Wales and Scotland on: number of victims of hate crimes proportion of disability-related crime incidents reported to the police satisfaction with police handling of crime incidents experience of any crime in the previous 12 months, and worry about being a victim of crime. A British Sign Language video of the executive summary is available.
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Being disabled in Britain: supporting data
Last updated: 19 April 2017
The supporting data behind the report Being disabled in Britain: a journey less equal.
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Disability report: Being disabled in Britain
Last updated: 19 August 2021
Download our report Being disabled in Britain: a journey less equal. It is also available in easy read format and Welsh.
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Britain in danger of becoming a two-speed society
Last updated: 2 November 2018
Britain in danger of becoming a two-speed society
Britain’s most at-risk groups of people are in danger of being forgotten and becoming trapped in...
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Calling time on NDAs in discrimination cases
Last updated: 16 October 2019
Two years after the #MeToo campaign, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched new guidance for employers on the use of confidentiality...
Sexual harassment in the workplace
Last updated: 30 January 2020
Find out what we are doing to tackle sexual harassment at work.