Tuesday 10 May 2011

Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool

This North West Equality event considered a number of aspects of equality including equal pay and the gender pay gap, race equality, migrant rights and experiences of equality at work from the shop floor.

Wednesday 23 February 2011

London

The Equal Pay Act at 40 conference focussed on the implications of 40 years of the Equal Pay Act, how such legislation has been incorporated into the Equality Act the implications of the most recent casework and the broader ramifications of unequal pay still marring our workplaces.

Delegates at the racism seminar

About the seminar

“engaging, infomative, engaged”
“clear, informative overview of challenges for Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority trade unionists”

just some of the ways delegates described our seminar. The focus of the seminar was around the legal definitions of racism in employment; migrant workers and racism and how the economic environment has distorted understanding of racism.

The first speaker was Rakesh Patel from Thompsons Solicitors who outlined race dsicrimination as outlined in the Equality Act, previous legislation and the manifestations of racism as defined by the law

Equalities conference

About the conference

The Update on Equalities conference focussed on the Equality Act as passed in October, outstanding sections of the Act which have yet to be passed and a broader approach to equalities throughout society and in the workplace. 2010 marked the 4th annual equalities conference.

Speakers’ papers from
Single Equalities Bill
held on
Wednesday 9th December

Keep an eye out for a publication in 2010 on the Act.

You can order this year’s Labour Law Review here

Speakers papers and power point presentations from
Employment Law Update: The New Equality Bill
Liverpool 3rd November 2009