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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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News
Published: 20 Jun 2019
We have launched an investigation into the care agency Elite CarePlus Ltd, after receiving evidence that it was asking pre-employment health questions during its recruitment and registration process.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 01 Sep 2021
Get straight-forward advice to help ensure the difficult decisions you make during the coronavirus pandemic don't discriminate against employees.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 01 Sep 2021
Quick tips to ensure you continue making reasonable adjustments for employees during the coronavirus pandemic.
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News
Published: 13 May 2021
Our investigation has found that a care agency used unlawful pre-employment health questions on its job application form.
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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 on managing redundancy and avoiding unlawful discrimination against disabled employees
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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: 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: 01 Apr 2014
This guide explains three areas of equality good practice: equality policies, equality training and monitoring.
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First Published: 01 Apr 2014
This guide tells you how you can avoid all the different types of unlawful discrimination in the workplace.
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First Published: 01 Sep 2013
This guide is about how the Equality Act 2010 applies at work. It says what rights employees have and what employers have to do.
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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.