“Business groups are stepping up pressure on the Government amid growing fears that the forthcoming Equalities Bill will set new requirements for pay audits in the private sector and increase other regulations.”
The Times, 11th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The head of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, Nicola Brewer, has just announced that recent and future improvements to maternity pay may, ironically, be backfiring on women by making employers wary of hiring and promoting them. The industrial neanderthal Sir Alan Sugar has added fuel to the fire by claiming recently that many employers bin the CVs of women of childbearing age without even considering their job applications.”
The Independent, 15th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has announced a new equality bill aimed at tackling ‘entrenched discrimination’ in the workplace and beyond. The bill replaces more than 100 separate pieces of legislation covering race, disability and gender equality.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Equality Minister Harriet Harman today defended controversial plans to encourage firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minorities job candidates.”
The Independent, 26th June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The law that forces the eldest daughter of a monarch to make way for her younger brother in the succession could be abolished under new equality legislation.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Britain’s anti-discrimination quango had to be bailed out by ministers to avoid its breaching the law over its own internal equality scheme, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 11th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s equality watchdog wants tough new powers to tackle employers who fail to hire or promote staff from ‘disadvantaged’ groups.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A powerful new anti-discrimination Bill is to be unveiled by the Government, ushering in the biggest overhaul of equality legislation in 40 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Access to justice is a luxury for many victims of discrimination, the head of the new equalities watchdog warned last night.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lecture by Mrs Justice Dobbs at Queen Mary, University of London.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 18th October 2007
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Commission for Racial Equality, which is to be wound up later this month, is to make a final plea to the government this week to make an explicit commitment to the creation of an integrated Britain where inequality is rooted out and active civic participation by people from all backgrounds is encouraged.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Proposed equality legislation is not clear enough for UK employers to follow and will not result in a more diverse workplace, according to the human resources professional body. The new laws will result in ‘box ticking’, the body said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th September 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
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