2 July 2014 at 05:40 PM There is much great practice to celebrate in the education sector on advancing equality and diversity; we have various equality objectives, action plans, projects and initiatives underway. But how do we really know what impact our actions are having on staff and students with protected characteristics? How do we know we are actually fostering good relations? New guidance might help
29 May 2014 at 08:36 AM Do you know how to avoid all the different types of unlawful discrimination in these situations? Have you assessed the impact of your plans or decisions in terms of equality and diversity? Are you aware of guidance by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that might help you to understand your legal obligations as an employer?
Discrimination, Employment, Legal duties 25 March 2014 at 09:41 AM Harriet Harman has said that the Labour Party would implement the dual discrimination Regulations in the Equality Act if returned to government. She said that reintroducing the provisions, which were dropped by the coalition Government when the Equality Act came into force, would help address both age and sex discrimination that is facing older women. Are you familiar with the concept of dual discrimination?
Age, Equality Act 2010, Gender, Legal duties 25 March 2014 at 09:27 AM A quick scan of published equality information reports on websites reveals a worrying figure for the number of disabled staff – between 2% and 6% on average. Since 20% of people of working age are covered by the definition of a disabled person, this is a significant equality ‘gap’, and a key equality objective for your organisation to address. What are you doing about this?
Disability, Employment, Legal duties 30 January 2014 at 09:23 PM New research from Race on the Agenda (ROTA) shows that free schools are failing to comply with statutory requirements on equality. Are you meeting your duties to publish equality information and equality objectives?
