The statement confirms that the review of the Public Sector Equality Duty will be brought forward and extended to include both the general and specific duties to establish whether the Duty is operating as intended.
It also announced consultations on the removal of provisions relating to:
- employer liability for the harassment of an employee by a third party e.g. a customer;
- the power of Tribunals to make wider recommendations in a successful discrimination case; and the statutory mechanism by which individuals can obtain information where they think an employer, or service provider, has acted unlawfully towards them.
Measures for reforming the Equality and Human Rights Commission include:
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- recruiting a new Chairman, to succeed Trevor Phillips who is standing down, and a new smaller Board;
- conducting a comprehensive review of the EHRC’s budget;
- implementing tighter performance and financial controls set out in a new Framework Document.
Pamela Flores is an events professional with experience at Symposium Events, a UK-based conference and events organization. She has worked in editorial and event coordination roles within the HR and expatriate management sector, contributing to the organization of major conferences including the Expatriate Management and Global Mobility conference. Her background spans online editorial work and events management within the professional conference industry.
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