Harriet Harman would bring back dual discrimination

Harriet Harman has said that the Labour Party would implement the dual discrimination Regulations in the Equality Act if returned to government. She said that reintroducing the provisions, which were dropped by the coalition Government when the Equality Act came into force, would help address both age and sex discrimination that is facing older women. Are you familiar with the concept of dual discrimination?

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Meeting the requirements of specific duties – now the spotlight is on schools

New research from Race on the Agenda (ROTA) shows that free schools are failing to comply with statutory requirements on equality. Are you meeting your duties to publish equality information and equality objectives?

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EHRC monitoring of equality objectives – how do yours shape up?

Did you know that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have recently published their findings in its assessment of how schools, colleges and universities are meeting their specific duty to publish equality objectives? Do your Equality Objectives shape up to the legal requirements?

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Is nut allergy a disability?

Would your staff know that someone with a nut allergy, who has to carry an epi-pen, would probably be covered by the definition of a disabled person? Are your staff confident to carry out risk assessments with disabled students when a health and safety issue such as this one has been identified? Does your organisation have medication procedures in place that includes the issue of emergency administration of medication?

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Conflicting rights

Would your staff know what to say if another member of staff expresses an offensive opinion, but when challenged, claim that they have a right under equality law to express their philosophical belief? And what exactly constitutes a ‘philosophical belief’?

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