Employment Equality Acts 1998-2011 The Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011‚ cover employees in both the public and private sectors as well as applicants for employment and training. Discrimation is defined as ‘the treatment of a person in a less favourable way than another person is‚ has been or would be treated’ * The Acts outlaw discrimination in work related areas such as pay‚ vocational training‚ access to employment‚ work experience and promotion. * Cases involving harassment
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The Dominican Struggle for Equality In the Dominican Republic‚ Politics have made the largest impact on the rights of the peoples. The leaders of the Dominican‚ the laws and what they enforce is what made the Dominican so poor. A major contributor to the poor people of the DR and the below average rights of all the peoples was the Bloodiest dictator in all of Latino history‚ Raphael Trujillo1. When his regime ruled over the Dominican Republic he seemed to not care at all at all for the lives of
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Gay Men & Lesbians Historic & Current Barriers to Equality • In the past homosexuality was a crime- it was a part of the Criminal Code of Canada • Punishments: fines‚ persecution & torture‚ death • The first attempt to put homosexuality in a positive light was carried out by Jim Egan- submitted articles and letters to tabloids like Toronto’s True News Times in the 1960s. • The Maison de Lys- first club where gay men and lesbians could go for same-sex dancing‚ opened in 1961
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According to Gravells‚ 2006 equality relates to the right of all learners to attend and participate in lessons‚ whereas diversity is about valuing the differences of the learners. It is important for teachers to create a learning environment that is inclusive and celebrates diversity‚ it should be free from bias‚ stereotyping and prejudice. A college must provide a curriculum content that promotes equality and diversity through its teaching‚ assessment‚ learner progression and achievement‚ student
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immediately succeeding the war‚ blacks‚ due to a powerful Republican influence in the federal and state governments‚ were far better off economically‚ politically‚ and socially than their Native-American equivalents. While blacks gained suffrage and equality under the law‚ the natives lost their
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Equality legislation – a summary The following is a guide only to the legislation currently in place that impacts on equality and diversity issues‚ and is not a comprehensive list. 1970 The Equal Pay Act (EPA) (as amended)‚ makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate between men and women in terms of their pay and conditions (including pay‚ holiday entitlement‚ pension etc) where they are doing the same or similar work; work rated as equivalent; or work of equal value. 1974 The
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Robinson Test Title: introduction into equality and inclusion Start Date: 24/10/2014 Start Time: 11:38 1.1 explain what is meant by‚ equality? The state of being equal‚ especially in status‚ rights‚ or opportunities. Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably‚ specific to their needs‚ including areas of race‚ gender‚ disability‚ religion or belief‚ sexual orientation and age. Promoting equality should remove discrimination in all
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Task 3; know how to access information‚ advice and support about diversity‚ equality‚ inclusion and discrimination. 3.1; Identify sources of information‚ advice and support about diversity‚ equality‚ inclusion and discrimination. You can get the Information that you need is from your; guidelines‚ care plans‚ legislation and codes of practice and Policies‚ procedures. You can get the advice that you need is from– from manager or supervisor. You can get the Support you need is from your– from manager
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Singer argues that the basic principle of equality doesn’t mean that we have to treat all groups of beings the exact same way or afford them the same rights. He uses the example of women and men being treated equally but not giving men the right to have an abortion because they don’t need that right. He argues that we should give equal consideration to all beings and that equality shouldn’t depend on moral capacity‚ intelligence‚ or physical traits. These factual differences shouldn’t determine
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Equality Act 2010 Liability for employers and employees Inorder to disuss who is liable for maintaining equality we need to first inspect how equality is maintained in any organisation. For the effective and efficient implementation of the Equality Act ‚every organisation has to have its own equality policy drawn out abiding by the Equality Act.This also necessitates the need for carrying out equality audit regularly to maintain the organisation’s efficiency in functioning compliantly.
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