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Citizens Advice Bureau comment on Equality Bill - 01-07-2008 |
HomePress officePress release archiveCitizens Advice response to new proposals for the Equality Bill, presented to the British Parliament by Equality Minister Harriet Harman
Citizens Advice response to new proposals for the Equality Bill, presented to the British Parliament by Equality Minister Harriet Harman
Ali Harris, Programme Manager, Diversity and Equality:
“Citizens Advice Bureaux in England and Wales have seen a significant increase in dealing with discrimination cases since 2005, and witness daily how inequality wrecks people's lives. We therefore welcome today's announcement on the Equality Bill, and in particular, the outlawing of age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services. We also welcome the proactive measures that will enable employers to address entrenched discrimination and diversify their workforce in a reasonable way.
We also agree with moves to streamline existing public sector duties to include gender reassignment, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, in addition to race, gender and disability. However, we now look to the government to ensure the unified duty enables local authorities to vigorously promote equality.
We also believe that enforcement powers still need to be strengthened beyond the measures proposed and recommend looking at a wider range of enforcement options such as the use of injunctions and increasing the role of regulators (such as the Audit Commission) in enforcing equality laws.
Many non represented workers face appalling discrimination and working conditions and many people are discriminated against by service providers. Therefore, in order for the new law to be effective people need access to advice and representation, widening the scope of legal aid for tribunals. This will require a greater investment by the government both in unions and independent advice agencies".
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