Interesting news on the Equality front and government attempts to bring harmonise the different strands of Equality related legislation.
Members of the Greek and other London based communities will be affected by the changes. I am always looking for examples where unfair treatment is experienced at the work place. There are no available statistics telling us how British citizens (subjects) of Greek origin are treated at the work place. Email me at Nick@lgr.co.uk if you have any stories to tell, the information will be treated with confidence and you will get a response within 24 hours.
Under the new amended version of the Equality Act 2010, employers will be able to treat applicants with a 'protected characteristic' differently (i.e. more favourably) during the recruitment and promotion stages when dealing with a number of candidates of equal merit. This distinct treatment will only be lawful if the different process applied is intended to address under-representation in the workforce. The single public sector equality duty will also come in and both provisions will become the law as from 6 April 2011. Unions have been consulted and I would expect to see a detailed response to how this will work soon from Unison and the TUC.
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