Employers Advised to Prepare for Equal Treatment Directive

The Equal Treatment Directive will make discrimination on the grounds of
sexual orientation and religious belief unlawful from December 2003. This
means that employers need to start thinking about changes to their equal
opportunities policies now to ensure they are not in breach of the law,
warn employment law experts Sue Nickson and Judith Firth, authors of Sex
and Race Discrimination, published today by the CIPD.

Nickson, co-author of the guide, and Head of the Employment Unit at
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