Public Sector Equality Duties Under The Equality Act 2010

Practical guidance on the legal and best practice requirements and what the new regulations mean

Introduction

The Government has made a number of changes to the revised equality legislation, in part aimed at reducing burdens and bureaucracy on public bodies and with greater emphasis on performance and transparency.

This approach is meant to move public bodies away from a mechanistic process driven box ticking towards a better understanding of how equality impacts on business, the benefits of getting it right and engaging with people who know i.e. service users and customers, employees and other stakeholders. This consolidates the Government’s non – prescriptive approach.

Despite these changes, UK equality legislation remains amongst the strongest in the world. Draft regulations have just been placed before Parliament and for example Public Authorities must now publish information about their performance on equality by January 2012 and their equality objectives by April 2012. There have also been a number of significant legal judgments that are relevant to the sector.

Event details


Date:

Friday 07 October 2011

Location:

Lion Court
London, WC1V 6NY

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5 CPD
Hours

Benefits

  • Getting to grips with what the changes mean for equality schemes, action plans and equality impact assessments
  • Understanding, through the new tool of equality analysis, how this adds value to delivery in this area
  • Through interactive case studies, how to undertake equality analysis in an effective and efficient way
  • How to set equality objectives that are measureable, achievable and time limited
  • What the new deadlines mean and what organisations are expected to do

Who Should Attend

All those affected by the equality duties. People who should register now include:

  • Diversity & Equality Professionals
  • Legal & Policy Advisers
  • HR Professionals