A single bill
June 22nd, 2008
We got notification from Equality South West that on Wednesday, June 24 Harriet Harman, Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, is expected to make an announcement on the Single Equality Bill.
Those people of the equality told the PRSD: “You will recall Equality South West has made submissions to the consultation stage of the Bill, which we hope will tighten up and simplify existing equalities legislation.
“We have also expressed our hopes the Bill will see the introduction of mandatory pay audits to tackle the gender pay gap, legislation to extend the statutory duty on public bodies to include age, religion or belief and sexual orientation, and that companies that discriminate against employees will be penalised in the same way as would a company which flouts health and safety laws.”
Watch and find out.
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