Maternity Action report and campaign to end discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace
9 December 2013
A report by Maternity Action calls on the Government to take urgent action to tackle pregnancy discrimination.
A report by Maternity Action calls on the Government to take urgent action to tackle pregnancy discrimination.
A refreshed Equality Delivery System for the NHS was published in November 2013.
In ‘Everyday Utopias: The Conceptual Life of Promising Spaces’, Davina Cooper examines utopian projects as seemingly diverse as a feminist bathhouse, state equality initiatives, community trading networks, and a democratic school where students and staff collaborate in governing.
Katherine Hill, Age UK’s Strategy Adviser for Equality and Human Rights, blogs about the amendment in the Care Bill we’re supporting to protect human rights.
In November 2013, the Government published a full response to the 290 recommendations made by Robert Francis, following the public inquiry in to the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
On 3 December 2013, the Ministry of Justices published a consultation paper titled ‘Court fees: Proposals for reform’. The consultation closed on 21 January 2014.
In November 2013, the Government published its response to the consultation on shared parental leave.
‘State of Care 2012/13’ is the Care Quality Commission’s annual report on the state of health and social care services.
Equality Challenge Unit’s report on ‘Equality in higher education: statistical report 2013’ was published in November and identifies the equality challenges facing UK higher education.
In November 2013, Leigh Day updated the guidance ‘Employment Tribunals: A practical guide for claimants starting a claim in the Employment Tribunal’, to include changes made to the free remission system in October 2013.