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Published: 26 Jan 2023
New research reveals some adults receiving social care in Scotland have broadly negative experiences of challenging decisions about their care. An accompanying survey of local authorities also uncovers inconsistencies in the complaints process across Scotland.
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Published: 18 Jan 2023
New report from Scottish Funding Council and the Equality and Human Rights Commission pinpoints stubborn barriers to equality and sets national targets for tackling them.
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Published: 18 Jan 2023
Statement following confirmation that the Secretary of State for Scotland will make an order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998, preventing the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from proceeding to Royal Assent.
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Published: 05 Oct 2022
We've written to the Scottish and UK governments to set out implications of the proposed legislation for operating the Equality Act.
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Published: 22 Sep 2022
Scottish Ministers have reached a settlement with a civil servant who brought a race discrimination case to challenge her treatment in the workplace.
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Published: 28 Apr 2022
Hospitality bosses have agreed a strict zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment of staff in their venues with the launch of a new action plan today.
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Published: 26 Apr 2022
We have written to local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales about the war in Ukraine and their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty.
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Published: 04 Apr 2022
A practical guide to the law in relation to single-sex spaces has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) today. The guidance helps service providers to make lawful decisions about any services they offer to women and men separately, by explaining the permitted sex and gender reassignment exceptions in the Equality Act 2010.
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Published: 04 Apr 2022
As the statutory regulator charged with upholding equality and human rights laws and standards, we protect all people in Britain against discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. It is an important part of our role to explain how the law works in practice.
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Published: 01 Apr 2022
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has encouraged critics to reset relations after the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA), which assesses national human rights institutions, rejected a request by campaigners to review the EHRC’s international accreditation.