This document outlines legislation in England that prohibits gender, race, disability and age discrimination in access to healthcare.
We are grateful to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is extremely relevant to disseminating information on equality and anti-discrimination laws.
London, 8th September 2009
This is the ERT Case Summary of the UK Employment Appeals Tribunal decision in McAvoy and others v Borough Council, 24 June 2009
London, 3 July 2009
In a ruling handed down by the UK Employment Appeals Tribunal (McAvoy, Llewellyn and others v. South Tyneside BC, Hartlepool BC, and Middlesbrough BC), on the 24 June 2009, a group of male employees successfully brought an equal pay claim against their employers – three Borough Councils in North-East England – who denied them the same settlements as their female co-workers following the successful claims of their female co-workers’ to equal pay.
This is ERT's consultation response to to the United Kingdom Government Equalities Office consultation on the paper "Equality Bill: Assessing the impact of a multiple discrimination provision."
This is the memorandum submitted by The Equal Rights Trust to the Public Bill Committee for the British Equality Bill 2009.
In the United Kingdom, a Parliamentary Public Bill Committee has begun the process of scrutinizing the Equality Bill which was published on 24 April 2009. The Equality Bill seeks to simplify the law which, over the last four decades, has become complex and difficult to navigate, by replacing nine different acts and 100 other measures in a single act.
This is the case summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of Beck, Copp and Bazeley v. United Kingdom (Applications nos. 48535/99; 48536/99; 48537/99).
This is the case summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of Perkins and R. v. United Kingdom (Applications nos. 43208/98; 44875/98).
This is the case summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of Waite v. United Kingdom (Application no.53236/99).
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