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02/07/2009
'Dual discrimination' employment law changes proposed |
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A new employment law has been proposed by the government that it wishes to make part of the equality bill.
Dubbed the 'dual discrimination clause', the regulation would allow those who feel they have been discriminated against at work on the basis that they have two protected characteristics - for example being black and a woman - to pursue a single, joint claim.
At present, people can only make claims on individual issues, such as sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, race, religion, belief or disability.
However, the new law would enable them to make combined claims, something which solicitor general and equality bill leader Vera Baird said will stop people having to "guess" why it is they are being discriminated against.
"Business will benefit if all the issues in one case can be dealt with together and there will be better access to justice for all," she remarked.
The equality bill was published in April, with the strengthening of anti-discrimination legislation one of its key aims.
Written by Pauline Adams |
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