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• New report reveals society’s most disadvantaged people fall further behind

  Last updated: Array 09 Mar 2016

  England's most disadvantaged groups have fallen further behind the rest of the population and risk being increasingly locked out of opportunities, according to a major new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Is England Fairer is an i ...

• EHRC Scotland welcomes action on pregnancy and maternity discrimination

  Last updated: Array 25 Feb 2016

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) welcomes today’s announcement by the Scottish Government of a number of commitments which will help to tackle the problem of discrimination faced by pregnant women and new mothers every year. These commitmen ...

• Unlawful adverts jeopardise job opportunities says Commission

  Last updated: Array 24 Feb 2016

  Thousands of people could be at risk of being denied jobs and services each year due to unlawful, discriminatory adverts, the Equality and Human Rights Commission warns today. Complaints about adverts which discriminate against older workers or on the bas ...

• equality online webcast : EU equality legislation

  Last updated: Array 19 Feb 2016

  The Scottish legal team is pleased to present the third in our series of four webcasts, ‘ equality: online ’. These webcasts provide flexible training to practitioners across Britain who work with legal issues on a day-to-day basis. You can do this train ...

• Commission responds to government announcement on gender pay gap

  Last updated: Array 12 Feb 2016

  Commenting in response to Government publishing draft regulations to make gender pay gap reporting mandatory for large companies, Rebecca Hilsenrath, CEO at the Equality and Human Rights Commission said: “Today’s announcement is a welcome, but long overdu ...

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