Protection from discrimination: for ombudsman schemes
Last updated: 26 July 2019
Protection from discrimination applies to all human rights and all organisations providing services to the public, including ombudsman schemes.
The right to education: for ombudsman schemes
Last updated: 26 July 2019
The right to education includes protections for access to education and educating children according to parents’ beliefs.
What are human rights?
Last updated: 19 June 2019
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to all of us, from birth until death.
Avoiding unlawful discrimination when making redundancy decisions
Last updated: 19 February 2019
This section looks how you can make sure you are not discriminating unlawfully in selecting people for redundancy.
Age and redundancy pay
Last updated: 19 February 2019
You are allowed to make enhanced redundancy payments based on length of service without having to objectively justify this.
Avoiding unlawful discrimination against disabled people
Last updated: 19 February 2019
Make sure that disabled people are not being placed at a disadvantage for reasons relating to their disability during a redundancy situation.
Maternity leave and suitable alternative employment
Last updated: 19 February 2019
If a potentially redundant employee is on maternity leave, the employee doesn't have to go through selection against criteria for filling a vacant post.
Managing retirement
Last updated: 19 February 2019
It is direct age discrimination to require or persuade a worker to retire because of their age unless you can objectively justify doing so.
After someone has left a job
Last updated: 15 July 2019
Sometimes your responsibilities as an employer continue after someone has stopped working for you and you must still not discriminate unlawfully against th
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