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Amendments to Sex Discrimination Regulations
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 have just been published, and come into force on Saturday 19 July 2003. Unlike the corresponding Race and Equal Pay Regulations, very little seems to have been written about these amendments. They make two very important changes, namely: - at long last, reversing the rule in Liversidge, for...
News | 18 Jul 2003
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Race Relations Act - Amendments for 2003
...ts are required under the EC Racial Treatment Directive of July 2000 which required all countries to amend domestic legislation by - guess when - 19 July 2003. The main changes are: - setting out a new definition of indirect discrimination, bringing it into line with the definition under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975; - creating a new definition of harassment and making harassment an express offence; - introducing a new defence where race is a "genuine and determining requirement" for the job; and, - statutory reversal of the burden of proof, in line with s63A of the Sex Dis...
News | 19 Jun 2003
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The sex issue
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace MAY 2006 ISSUE 17 Sex discrimination Sexual orientation discrimination HIV/AIDS discrimination Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2006
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"We don't serve wheelchairs"
...uch as the DRC, Commission for Racial Equality and Equal Opportunities Commission, which have now merged to form the EHRC. Sir Bert is of the opinion that this new commission will serve to address the human rights issues that crop up in all forms of discrimination -- whether it is disability, race, sex ... He says: "I think the one thing we can fight together, which comes across all strands of the new commission, is human rights. The old commissions didn't have very strong human rights powers. The new commission with its human rights powers and its duty to promote good relations might be able to ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jan 2008
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...he Equality Bill. Its overriding purpose is to bring together an enormous plethora of laws, introduced piecemeal over the past 40 years, covering a range of discrimination relating to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy / maternity, race, religion / belief, sex and sexual orientation. What the proposed Bill will or will not achieve is a matter of much debate, not least from Workplace Law Network members who are horrified that the Bill includes the provision to expand the way "positive action can be used so that employers can pick someone for a job from an...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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Equality Bill: the details
The Equality Bill, which is planned to take effect from Autumn 2010, will replace the Equal Pay Act 1970, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, the Race Relations Act 1976, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, much of the Equality Act 2006, the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, ...
News | 28 Apr 2009
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You say harassment; the law says banter
...sment can make it hostile and all too intimidating. The recent case of English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds (English) explores whether or not alleged homophobic banter directed at a man who was neither gay nor erroneously believed to be gay could amount to discrimination under the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003. Having concluded that this was not unlawful harassment, the case also considered whether the Regulations correctly implemented the EU Equal Treatment Directive (the Directive), which covers sexual orientation and concluded it didn't. The facts Mr English was an age...
News analysis | 4 Mar 2008
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Maternity leave: What is the same job?
...erences as to which class she would like to teach at the same time as the other teachers. Following her return, B was given the option of either being a floating teacher or teaching a year 2 class. B alleged at the tribunal (ET) that she had been directly discriminated against on the grounds of sex. At the time of the alleged incidents, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 had not been amended to specifically outlaw discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy. B alleged that she had suffered a detriment on a number of grounds including that A did not offer B the opportunity to express preferences r...
News | 25 May 2007
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Sexual orientation and the workplace
© Workplace Law Group 2007 All rights reserved Sexual orientation and the workplace Sexual orientation and the workplace This week Stonewall published its annual Workplace Equality Index, which ranks the top employers of gay and lesbian staff. But what laws do employers have to comply with to make sure they do not discriminate on the grounds of se...
News analysis | 11 Jan 2008
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3 strikes and your fire's not out!
...rative in a designated security sector in Scotland without a frontline SIA licence. It will also be an offence for security company managers and directors to operate without an SIA licence or to provide unlicensed operatives. 11050 DECEMBER n Deadline for implementation of regulations amending the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (SDA),which were due to come in to force on 1 October 2007. The Regulations were delayed to implement both the EU Gender Directive and aspects of the EU Equal Treatment Amendment Directive. A High Court judgement has found that the UK's sex discrimination laws do not adequat...
Magazine issue | 8 Nov 2007
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H5N1 Bird Flu: Are you playing chicken with your company’s future?
...eractive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business 1 EVERY IN workplacelaw ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT FETY, w workplacelaw 2 CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Letters 07 Playing chicken with 08 your company's future? Sex Discrimination 13 Act 30 years on It could be you! 14 Fire: 10 key questions 18 Facilities Management Legal Update: 22 the year ahead Keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the l...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2006
