Equality & diversity
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Attitudes towards equality in the European Union
Date:
01/02/2007;
Almost two-thirds of European Union citizens agree that there should be more equality and justice, even if this means less freedom for the individual.
Seventh annual report from Equality Commission for NI
Date:
01/01/2007;
Discrimination complaints to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland are up by 38%, according to the commission's latest annual report.
CEHR: working in partnership
Date:
01/01/2007;
Author:
Anne Watts
The Commission for Equality and Human Rights comes into operation in October 2007. It will need to find new ways of working in partnership with employers. Here, Anne Watts puts forward views on how the commission could achieve this aim.
Arriva: dramatic results on diversity
Date:
01/01/2007;
Author:
Charlotte Wolff
European transport services provider Arriva has implemented a group-wide diversity strategy over the past three years. Charlotte Wolff outlines the approach and assesses how it has contributed to far-reaching change in attitudes and behaviour throughout the business.
Equality and diversity: myths and misconceptions
Date:
01/12/2006;
Author:
Sarah Podro
Back to basics, the fifth in a series of Acas policy discussion papers, focuses on how employers and employees are dealing with the profound changes presented by the equality and diversity agenda.
Transforming performance on diversity at the CPS
Date:
01/12/2006;
Author:
Rachel Suff
The Crown Prosecution Service has embarked on a far-reaching change programme and is gaining recognition for its progress on equality and diversity issues. Rachel Suff examines how this has been achieved and looks at the results.
Wainwright Trust seeks equality heroes
Date:
01/11/2006;
The Wainwright Trust, an educational and research charity, has called for nominations for the 2007 Breakthrough Award.
University of Westminster: assessing equality
Date:
01/11/2006;
Author:
Kate Godwin
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 requires public bodies covered by the legislation to carry out race equality impact assessments. The University of Westminster decided to widen the scope of its impact assessment process by including other areas as well as race. Kate Godwin looks at how the university approached this exercise and the assessment's outcomes.
Achieving police diversity without breaking the law
Date:
01/10/2006;
Author:
Jayne Monkhouse
Many police forces in England and Wales have been set challenging, if not impossible, targets for the employment of ethnic minorities and women. Jayne Monkhouse argues that even if the law were changed to allow positive discrimination, enabling police forces to achieve those targets, it would not produce a police service that embraces diversity.
Equality structures: an EOR survey
Date:
01/10/2006;
Author:
Kate Godwin
The pressure on employers to comply with equal opportunities legislation covering a wide range of areas continues to grow. Kate Godwin reveals the findings of an EOR survey that examines the structures employers have put in place to ensure that equality and diversity are delivered in the workplace.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/10/2006;
The structures that support equality and diversity in the workplace are investigated in our latest survey.
Equality: towards an outcome-focused duty
Date:
01/09/2006;
Author:
Sandra Fredman and Sarah Spencer
Sandra Fredman and Sarah Spencer argue that a new duty on public bodies to promote equality should be action-based and goal-oriented but should allow those bodies greater autonomy in how they deliver equality.
Yorkshire Water: new approaches to recruitment
Date:
01/09/2006;
Author:
Charlotte Wolff
Yorkshire Water's experimental recruitment project, aimed at changing the face of its entire workforce, has achieved some very positive results.
Two-thirds of managers say individual workers are responsible for their own work-life balance
Date:
01/08/2006;
Some 65% of managers believe that it is up to individual employees to balance their work and family responsibilities, according to the latest Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS 2004) from the Department of Trade and Industry.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/05/2006;
We have part 1 of Michael Rubenstein's guide to the Regulations, in which he explains the key general principles of the new legislation.
Land Registry: challenging ageist attitudes
Date:
01/05/2006;
Author:
Carol Foster
Land Registry decided to take action in advance of the age discrimination laws, to ensure that its policies and practices were diversity-proofed for age discrimination.
Managing flexible working
Date:
01/05/2006;
It will generally be line managers who have to deal with flexible working requests. Diversity Law Essentials provides guidance on avoiding the pitfalls of discrimination when managing flexible work requests, and sets out good practice.
This month's issue . . .
Date:
01/04/2006;
The age regulations were published as we went to press. We include a news item highlighting the main provisions, and will start our detailed guide to the Regulations in the next issue.
Scotland tackles workplace homophobia
Date:
01/04/2006;
Employers in Scotland are being urged to join a new scheme to end homophobic bullying at work and improve working conditions for gay and lesbian employees.
Barclays to request diversity statistics
Date:
01/04/2006;
One of the UK's largest companies, Barclays, is planning to require its legal advisors to provide diversity statistics on their companies' gender and ethnic make-up.
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