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Interview: Replacing the Patchwork – a New Cloth for Equality? ERT talks with Barbara Cohen and John Wadham about recent developments in British equality law

"Interview: Replacing the Patchwork – a New Cloth for Equality? ERT talks with Barbara Cohen and John Wadham about recent developments in British equality law" appears in The Equal Rights Review (vol.1).

Council Directive 2000/78/EC (Framework Equality Directive)

This directive prohibits employment discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. Article 2 prohibits both direct and indirect discrimination and defines harassment as amounting to discrimination. Articles 4-6 provide for exceptions to the principle of equal treatment. Other key provisions of the directive include shifting of the burden of proof and the prohibition of victimisation.

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