Equality and Discrimination


Women in the Workplace

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

On 04 September 2012, the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee issued a press notice launching an inquiry into ‘Women in the Workplace’.  Interested parties were invited to comment on the following range of issues and themes that the Committee will be considering: Do the Gender Equality Duty and the Equality Act go far enough in [...]

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Women in the Workplace (2)

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

On 23 October 2012, the European Union (EU) was due to discuss the introduction of binding quotas which would govern the number of women that a company must have on its board.  EU commissioner Viviane Reding had suggested that discussion take place to ensure that 40% of board level positions would be allocated to women [...]

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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Last month we urged you to audit your discipline procedures. Well, while you are in the mood, do the same with your equal opportunities policies, procedures and practices since failure in this area again leads to many legal actions and some hefty awards of compensation against employers. And often this is not a result of [...]

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