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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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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 11 Mar 2019
Here you will find information and resources relating to the background to equality duty in Scotland.
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Multipage Guide
Last updated: 19 Feb 2020
Key points are: where claims are brought, time limits for bringing a claim, the standard and burden of proof and what the Employment Tribunal can order your employer to do.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
How to follow equality law no matter what type of business you are operating, from Banks to restaurants.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 15 Jul 2019
We have developed a series of equality law guides tailored to the specific needs of small and medium sized businesses.
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Advice and Guidance
Last updated: 19 Feb 2019
Our guide to Business and Human Rights sets out six key areas that are particularly relevant to smaller business.
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First Published: 21 Jul 2016
This guide is one of a series written by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (the Commission) to explain how public authorities can meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), which harmonises and replaces previous equalities legislation.
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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: 09 Jun 2014
This briefing uses British Crime Survey (BCS) data to understand the different equality groups expectations about being insulted and their experience of intimidation, threats, violence and crime.
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First Published: 30 May 2014
This briefing paper provides information for the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Measurement Framework and other areas of work, relating in particular to people in potentially vulnerable situations.
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First Published: 01 Feb 2015
This report sets out the activities undertaken and the improvements made since the publication of the the Commission’s report of its Section 31 (S31) Assessment of HM Treasury’s (HMT) 2010 Spending Review (Making Fair Financial Decisions).
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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 May 2013
This guide aims to help local authority elected members and staff who are involved in the commissioning and procurement of home care better understand their obligations under the Human Rights Act 1998.
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News
Published: 10 May 2016
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today launched its Strategic Plan for 2016–19, setting out an ambitious programme to challenge discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and protect and promote human rights in Britain.
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First Published: 01 Oct 2010
A report reviewing society’s progress in equality, human rights and good relations in Great Britain.
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First Published: 01 Dec 2010
This report is the result of a pilot project exploring how voluntary organisations that work in the equalities field are using human rights concepts, language and tools in their. work
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First Published: 01 Feb 2015
A two page framework based on human rights case law has been produced to assist organisations in meeting their obligations under the law.
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First Published: 11 Jun 2009
This report draws on information that was submitted to the Commission during the Call for Evidence. During this timeframe we asked anyone with an interest in human rights to contact us with their views, experiences and recommendations for positive change.
